By Isaac Wanaila The age limit consultations in mbale this evening were intercepted when police fired live bullets and tear gas towards the crowd that had gather for the consultation. Police involved in a running battle after residents turned violent when police barred the leader of Opposition Winnie Kizza from attending the age limit consultations gathering as organised by the area Mp Hon. Jack Wamanga Wamai. Several activists fled off as soon as police started firing live bullets and tear gas towards them so as to disperse them. However police say that they were given a directive that was issued by the authority above restricting other Honorable members of parliament from holding a joint consultation and therefore they were acting in accordance to the Command to see that the leader of Oppossition Ms Winnie Kizza doesn’t talk   Meanwhile the local residents are defiant and say they shall use all means to see to it that they preserve and protect the constitution in supp...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41713919  Mr Mugabe often travels abroad for medical treatment The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry. "I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns," WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health. But critics pointed out that Zimbabwe's healthcare system had collapsed under Mr Mugabe's 30-year rule. Staff often go without pay, medicines are in short supply, and Mr Mugabe, who has outlived the average life expectancy in his country by three decades, travels abroad for medical treatment. Mr Tedros said he had consulted with the Zimbabwean government and decided that rescinding Mr Mugabe's position was "in the best interests of" the WHO. He said he remained "firmly committed to worki...

http://news.sky.com/story/dozens-of-arrests-as-mobs-kill-nine-suspected-vampires-in-malawi-11090844?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter Police say the situation is spiralling out of control in Malawi, a poor African country where belief in witchcraft is widespread. 14:51, UK, Saturday 21 October 2017 Image: Police in the city of Blantyre. File pic Police say 140 people have been arrested after a spate of deadly mob attacks on suspected "vampires" in Malawi. There have been at least nine killings, including an epileptic man who was burned to death and another person who was stoned to death in the country's second-biggest city, Blantyre. The assaults started last month when rumours spread of "bloodsuckers" on the loose - and police say the situation has spun out of control. Mobs have been putting up illegal road blocks, leading to security concerns in the southern African country. Some residents - including health officials, teachers and traditional ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41490482 By BBC A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe's behalf, his lawyers say. NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani was likely to face "criminal defamation" charges, the lawyers added. Zanu-PF MP Esau Mupfumi distributed the underwear, and said Mrs Mugabe had donated it, the newspaper reported. There has been no official comment on Mr Nyangani's arrest. It was unclear clear whether the complainant was the MP or the first lady, NewsDay reported. Police in the eastern city of Mutare detained Mr Nyangani on Monday evening for "allegedly writing and publishing a story over the donation of some used undergarments" by President Robert Mugabe's wife, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said in a statement. The privately-owned newspaper had earlier reported that Mr Mupfumi had handed out clothe...

By BBC At least 50 people have been killed and another 200 have been wounded in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman, named as 64-year-old local resident Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival. He was shot dead by officers in the hotel where a number of guns were found. The attack is the worst mass shooting in recent US history. US President Donald Trump tweeted his "warmest condolences and sympathies" to the victims and their families, and called the shooting "terrible". Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack. He said there was no information about Paddock's motives. "We have no idea what his belief system was," he said. He added that police were now confident they had located a woman, earlier named as Marilou Danley, who was thought to have been travelling with the gunman before the attack. Sheriff Lombardo said he wa...

A promise Is a debt, and the artist's from Mbale who jointly sung and campaigned for the president in the 2016 presidential campaign threaten to stage a demonstrate over nonpayment ever since they performed during the presidential Campaign. The group called Mbale NRM Musicians claim that they are have and still asking for the financial support as promised by the president . The leader San Cee and others reveal that there is a section of political leaders who were to present them to the president to claim for their pledge, instead boycotted the artists and never wanted to meet them any longer. The artists claim that most of their colleagues perished lives in an accident s during the presidential campaigns “Some of our friends died and others injured “One devastated musician said San cee stress that come rain or shine they will have to meet the president so that he resolves their grevances. The NRM Muscians note that since they were they performed in pre...