Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia exposure: Zimbabwe strips Prophet Uebert Angel diplomatic status, faces jail

HARARE-(MaraviPost)-Fall from Grace: The self-styled Prophet Uebert Angel has been stripped of his diplomatic status in Zimbabwe.

This comes in the wake of an explosive documentary into gold smuggling and money laundering by the Al Jazeera Undercover Unit.

In the first episode of the documentary, Uebert Angel unwittingly told undercover Al Jazeera journalists posing as Chinese criminals, that he can use his diplomatic status to carry large volumes of illicit funds into Zimbabwe for them.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Uebert Angel ambassador-at-large and a presidential envoy in March 2021.

However, former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee member, Eddie Cross, confirmed to Al Jazeera that Angel has now been stripped of his diplomatic status.

Cross added that there is a possibility Angel will also face jail time as a result of the revelations in the Al Jazeera documentary.

“Well, I can tell you that the so-called Pastor. The guy who claimed to be a Christian Pastor has been stripped of his diplomatic passport. In fact, he has had his passport removed from him and the President has stripped him of all status. He might in fact face jail time,” Eddie Cross told Al Jazeera.

Cross revealed that one of Zimbabwe’s prominent white gold dealers fled the country with his family in the wake of the damning Al Jazeera documentary. At the time of writing, this publication could not confirm the identity of the trader although unconfirmed reports suggest it is Ewan Macmillian who featured prominently in the docu-series.

Eddie Cross revealed that action will likely be taken against other individuals featured in the Al Jazeera documentary.

Source: iharare.com

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.