Zimabwean activist ‘encouraged terror attacks to overthrow regime’

A Zimbabwean activist encouraged his followers to carry out terrorist attacks to overthrow his country’s regime in a series of speeches, the Old Bailey heard. William Chinyanga, 51, allegedly published statements calling on his audience to ‘open gunfire on a gathering of people’ and ‘gorrila [sic] warfare’ on 1 December 2019. The bespectacled teacher is understood to be a campaigner for MDC-alliance, a multi-party political bloc opposing the ruling Zanu-PF government in Zimbabwe. Prosecutor Sean Larkin QC said: ‘He is…