The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, traveled on Sunday to Zimbabwe, where he expressed his regrets to thousands of Anglicans that the end of colonialism has failed to bring peace and freedom to the southern African nation.

Speaking to a crowd in a packed Harare stadium, Williams said the country is now facing another kind of lawlessness, with many living in “daily fear of attack if they fail to comply with what the powerful require of them.” He did not refer directly to President Robert Mugabe or his ZANU-PF party in making reference to the seizure of white-owned farmland that began in 2000 and has led to an economic collapse as well as vast shortages of food supplies.

The archbishop also addressed the troubles within the Anglican church caused by a renegade bishop loyal to Mr. Mugabe. Norbert Kunonga, supported by Zimbabwe's police and courts, has seized control of all of the capital's Anglican church properties, including 32 churches along with mission schools, clinics and even an orphanage.

Kunonga was excommunicated in 2007, accused of inciting violence in support of ZANU-PF. He maintains he was wrongfully excommunicated because he opposed homosexuality.

Williams says he wants to meet with Mr. Mugabe on Monday. But so far no meeting has been scheduled.

The archbishop's visit to Zimbabwe is the last stop on a three-nation African tour that already has taken him to Mozambique and Malawi.