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In his report during a provincial coordinating committee held in Marondera on Sunday, Zanu-PF’s Mashonaland East political commissar and Mutoko South legislator Hebert Shumbamhini said the mining company, called Reds or Sidingo, sealed the water sources and refused to renovate the houses of villagers that developed cracks caused by blasting despite having pledged to do so.“We have a mining company that wound up its operations in Mutoko district. They had sunk boreholes in the area,…

Sri Lanka has banned face coverings in public, following a spate of suicide attacks on Easter Sunday that killed at least 250 people and injured hundreds.President Maithripala Sirisena said he was using an emergency law to impose the restriction from Monday.Any face garment which “hinders identification” will be banned to ensure security, his office said. Muslim leaders criticised the move. The niqab and burka – worn by Muslim women – were not specifically named.The move…

At least five people including a Senior Pastor have died following an attack on a protestant church in Burkina Faso, Sunday.Security and local reports say the attack took place in Silgadji, 60 km from Djibo, the capital of Soum province in the north of the country.“Unidentified armed individuals attacked the Silgadji Protestant Church, killing four worshippers and the senior pastor. At least two other people are missing,” a security source told AFP on Monday. This…

At least five Nigerian soldiers were killed and some 30 are missing three days after Boko Haram jihadist overran an army base, security sources said on Monday.Gunmen from the Islamic State West Africa Province, the IS-linked faction of Boko Haram, attacked the base in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Friday.“We have recovered five bodies of soldiers who paid the supreme price fighting the terrorists,” a military officer told AFP, giving the first reports of casualty…

CHAMISA SECURES BACKING OF ALL 13 MDC PROVINCIAL STRUCTURES, as he looks set to become the party’s second president following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai in February last year.Nelson Chamisa has secured the backing of all the party’s 13 provincial structures, as he looks set to become the party’s second president following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai in February last year.Confirmation of his nomination unopposed will be made when the party holds its congress between…

It is reported in the Zambian media that , a pastor made congregants drink jik on Sunday, a strong alkaline chemical and that causes burning in the mouth, throat and stomach irregular heartbeats, low bloodpressure even chemical pneumonia if it gets into the lungs, along with causing delirium or coma. This shocking brainwashing where congregants were convinced to drink the strong, common cleaning agent for sinks, drains, toilets and other , has left 27 people…