Prayer for Zimbabwe

[Roelof]

Your are most welcome. In an odd way, right before I saw these posts, Abba prepared me to pray on this topic.

The working of the Holy Spirit

[Roelof]

(The link shows a horrifying picture - Roelof)

Newly released images that provide a rare look inside a Zimbabwean prison show emaciated inmates too weak to stand and eating as if they can barely bring food to their mouths.
Human rights activists and former prisoners have spoken of horrifying conditions in the country's jails and prisons but there has been little firsthand evidence available.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...495285,00.html

[Roelof]

President Robert Mugabe’s top lieutenants are trying to force the political opposition into granting them amnesty for their past crimes by abducting, detaining and torturing opposition officials and activists, according to senior members of Mr. Mugabe’s party.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/wo...e.html?_r=1&hp

[Roelof]

(Please continue to pray for Zim; the economy is destroyed and there is some kind of political stability - Roelof)

Harry is a former torturer. He is also at the heart of an experiment to bring peace and reconciliation to Zimbabwe.
Ten months ago, in the bloody run-off to the Zimbabwean presidential elections, he was a commander of a torture base for President Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party in the sprawling township of Chitungwiza, 20 miles (30km) south of Harare.

He was one of thousands of previously “untouchable” Zanu (PF) thugs who murdered as many as 180 people and tortured thousands to make sure that the election went Mr Mugabe’s way. He controlled mobs of rampaging youths who sought out supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and subjected them to unspeakable torture.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6108799.ece

[Roelof]

Harare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday he had given President Robert Mugabe a deadline on the resolution of issues threatening to derail the country's unity government.

Tsvangirai was speaking ahead of a third meeting between the two leaders on Thursday over the unilateral claw-back by Mugabe of the telecommunications dossier from Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
"The outstanding issues cannot go on and on hanging over our hands," said Tsvangirai,

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...505555,00.html

[Roelof]

(I still pray for Zim. Robert Mugabe has destroyed the country while hanging on to power - Roelof)

Tatenda Majiri, 22, hoists a calabash of home-brewed beer with some authority while discussing news of the day. But he has no confidence in the future. The social work student says he has lost hope of going back to school because the government-owned University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has been closed since last year. "Drinking is the only constructive activity I have," he says,

The UZ has been closed for over six months now. It ran on tuition fees and government subsidies. But both have vanished. Most of the college's students are the children of civil servants, who have to live on salaries of $100 a month.

http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...893407,00.html

[Roelof]

Harare - Zimbabwe has secured $400m in credit lines from African countries to revive its ailing industries, battered by years of economic contraction and hyper-inflation, state media reported on Wednesday.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...508584,00.html

[My_King]

I have been praying for this country for a very long time........

I sponsor a little girl over there in an orphanage......So I've been watching the news concerning Zimbabwe closely.

[Roelof]

I have been praying for this country for a very long time........

I sponsor a little girl over there in an orphanage......So I've been watching the news concerning Zimbabwe closely.

My King

Thanks for your prayers and support to the little girl, may God bless you

[Roelof]

Washington - The departure of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe would be in "the best interests of everyone", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview distributed here on Wednesday.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...519840,00.html

[Roelof]

Brussels - The European Union is not yet ready to establish normal ties with Zimbabwe or resume aid despite a "positive evolution" in politics there, according to a letter made public on Thursday.
"The EU shares your opinion that there are indications of a positive evolution of the political situation in Zimbabwe," the bloc said in a letter to John Kaputin, secretary general of African, Caribbean and Pacific nations.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/...523769,00.html

[Roelof]

London - Vancouver is the world's easiest city to live in while Harare is the toughest, a survey said on Monday, putting Europe and north America at the top while many African and Asian cities struggle behind.

Canadian and Australian cities hold six of the top 10 slots in the Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability poll, which ranks cities on five factors: health-care, stability, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

http://www.news24.com/Content/World/...ity_to_live_in

[Roelof]

Harare - Zimbabwe on Wednesday launched efforts to write a new constitution to pave the way to fresh elections, a key step in the power-sharing pact meant to haul the country from a decade of turmoil.

http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa...w_constitution

[moonglow]

Still praying for this whole situation!

[My_King]

The last parcel of items I posted to the orphanage did not arrive. I was told the rail road personal were on strike, so the train simply was left with the parcel in it. I have no idea what happened to everything our church put together to send.

A man is donating a tractor to the orphanage and is going to have it shipped over. We are busy sewing new clothes and toys for the children to go on that shipment.

Please pray they get their items and it's not intercepted and stolen from them.

Thank you!