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John Sparks
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John Sparks
@sparkomat
International Correspondent, Sky News. Email: [email protected]
What if there were no sides at all?
- Sky News speaks to acclaimed author Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere after their bail hearings in Harare:
- To confirm, the Sky News team was traveling to Epworth in Harare to conduct an interview with the head of the National Vendors Union on the morning of 26 January, 2019. At 8:30 am, at the junction of Chiremba Road and Glenara Avenue, we witnessed a man being beaten by...
- Tens of thousands gathering tonight in front of Sudan's military headquarters in Khartoum. A massive display of people-power, lit by smart-phone, accompanied by chants for revolution: "the people want to overthrow the regime"... #SudanProtests
00:00 - Reports of new air strikes in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle - happening now - two days after the Ethiopian government said it had bombed 'communications infrastructures' in the city ....
- We’ve spoken with President Mnangagwa’s spokesman @GeorgeCharamba and he says Nelson Chamisa will win the popular vote... what is absolutely clear is that @nelsonchamisa has done far better than the experts predicted...
- Replying to @sparkomathad his handcuffs removed and ordered to drive. The van pulled away at 9:00 am with uniformed and plain-clothes members of the security forces inside. We stand by our reporting.
- The funeral procession of 52-year old grandmother, Sylvia Matambo (Maphosa) who was shot in the back by a soldier as she left the office of the Water Board in Harare on Wednesday afternoon...
- Olympic legend turned entrepreneur, Haile Gebrselassie, warns the West not to push Ethiopia too far:
- Emmerson Mnangagwa promised his people 'the Zimbabwe you want' - but never has a promise felt so hollow:
- The driver who has just gone into the back of our vehicle in Zimbabwe says, “I had no idea you were planning to stop at the red light...”
- Unconfirmed reports from Zimbabwe that journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is seriously ill in Chikurubi prison. His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa sent a doctor to prison and is awaiting an assessment. Chin'ono has been detained for over a month after tweeting support for an opposition rally.
- Independent election monitors say 21% of polling stations in Zimbabwe election did not post results immediately as required by law - the MDC Alliance accuses the electoral commission/government of ‘cooking the books’...
- Zimbabwean opposition leader (and pastor) Nelson Chamisa’s MDC rally has the sort of energy and top tunes that all political rallies should strive for.... @skynews
