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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As Zimbabwe on Thursday prepared to swear in a new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, after 37 years, attention turned to the fate of Robert Mugabe and the wife who just days ago was poised to succeed him. The 93-year-old Mugabe, who resigned on Tuesday as lawmakers began impeaching him, has not been seen outside a few photographs since his stunning speech to the nation on Sunday night in which he defied calls to step down. Mugabe was said to remain in the capital, Harare, with former first lady Grace but it was not clear under what terms. Some wondered whether the former president had secured guarantees of protection, including immunity from prosecution. A photo circulating on social media, said to be taken this week, showed Mugabe and his wife sitting on a sofa with a trio of advisers standing behind them. A dejected-looking Grace Mugabe, who earlier this month was likely to replace Mnangagwa after his firing as vice president, looks off camera while Rober...

Image copyright RED DISH CHRONICLES Image caption Chicken sandwiched with roasted plantain - a modern twist on traditional ingredients As more chefs start serving Nigerian food in expensive restaurants, Ijeoma Ndukwe asks if Nigerians will ever consider paying a lot of money for traditional dishes. Smoke rises from a grill as slabs of beef and liver sizzle at an umbrella covered stall - the traditional dish called "suya" is being prepared to sell at a busy food market in Lagos. Customers are served throughout the night - music blasts out of speakers while huge metal bowls filled with rice dishes, peppered snails, fish and meats are heated up on a low flame at each stall. This night market serves popular traditional Nigerian dishes in a relaxed and informal environment. However, the food scene in Lagos is changing and increasingly more sophisticated and cosmopolitan spaces are being introduced to the Nigerian market, offering creative adaptations of local dishes. Im...

Media caption Carles Puigdemont: Spain has a 'democratic deficit' Spain's high court has summoned sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear later this week. It also gave them three days to pay a deposit of €6.2m ($7.2m) to cover potential liabilities. The summons comes after Spain's chief prosecutor on Monday said he would press charges including rebellion. Mr Puigdemont is in Belgium with several former ministers. He earlier said he was not there to seek asylum. Carles Puigdemont triggered a crisis in Spain by holding an independence referendum in early October in the semi-autonomous region despite Madrid's opposition and the Constitutional Court declaring the vote illegal. Spain's central government has now taken direct control of Catalonia. Mr Puigdemont turned up in Brussels on Monday as Spanish Attorney-General José Manuel Maza called for Catalan leaders to face charg...

Image copyright REUTERS/ EPA Image caption Former football star George Weah (left) and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to face each other in the second round Liberia's Supreme Court has ordered preparations for Tuesday's presidential run-off vote be halted amid allegations of fraud from an eliminated candidate. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are due to go head-to-head in the 7 November vote. But the Liberty Party's Charles Brumskine, who came third in the first round, has challenged the result. Last month's election was the country's first independently run vote following the end of civil war in 2003. Africa Live: More on this and other updates But Mr Brumskine and the Liberty Party said it was "characterised by massive systematic irregularities and fraud", including polling stations opening late and therefore preventing people from voting. The accusation of irregularities is backed by two other political ...

Image copyright ZEL ATHENA ARCHER Demonstrators are blocking motorways in South African in protest at the murder of white farmers. People have been posting their pictures on Instagram: Skip Instagram post by dirtyfootrose Report End of Instagram post by dirtyfootrose The BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says the protests are already causing racial divisions after some demonstrators were seen carrying the flag from the apartheid era, when South Africa was governed by its white minority and black people were not allowed to vote. Skip Twitter post by @tumisole View image on Twitter  Follow Tumi Sole   ✔ @tumisole # BlackMonday Days like these are interesting as one gets to see the real views. 6:50 AM - Oct 30, 2017   315 315 Replies     1,414 1,414 Retweets     866 866 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Report End of Twitter post by @tumisole Arts and Culture Ministe...