";s:4:"text";s:3779:"At stake, they say, is not just the fate of a woman who has acted with impunity, but the rule of law itself.This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Amazing disgrace"Sign up to our free daily newsletter, The Economist todayBack home, Mrs Mugabe also seems to have little regard for the law. Photos released on social media after the incident showed Ms Engels with gashes on her head that required 14 stitches.Civil-society groups plan to challenge in court the granting of immunity to Mrs Mugabe. Now they prey on pedestriansThis article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline "Crocodile fears"Since the president’s death in 1993 officials have preferred to work in the commercial capital, Abidjan, leaving the political capital to fall into disrepair. In Zimbabwe’s subverted legal system, there is no chance of her facing justice.The incident reflects badly on South Africa, too. But to do so twice begins to look like careless disregard for the law. Now they prey on pedestrians. The oxen that the presidency buys to feed them every month ought to be enough to satisfy even the hungriest of them. Ivory Coast Presidential race in Ivory Coast takes a dangerous turn. Pet peeves A former president’s crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast’s capital. Middle East & Africa Nov 21st 2019 edition. In 2009 Mrs Mugabe left Hong Kong under diplomatic immunity after she was accused of punching a news photographer who had dared to snap her in a high-end shopping district.Two years ago South Africa broke its own and international law when it failed to arrest Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on genocide charges. Pet peeves A former president’s crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast’s capital. Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader and candidate in Ivory Coast's October presidential election, has been forced into self-imposed exile in France in the face of a long list of legal problems. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara must tread carefully to keep preelection tensions at bay. There were about 20 originally, but no one knows how many there are now—or how many people they have killed. “It is particularly dangerous in the rainy season when there are floods,” says Mr Gérard.Sign up to our free daily newsletter, The Economist todayOnce they guarded his palace. The best of our journalism, handpicked each day. Middle East and Africa. Mrs Mugabe was in the country for medical treatment rather than as part of an official delegation, and thus was not entitled to immunity. Middle East and Africa. GRACE MUGABE, the first lady of Zimbabwe and an accomplished shopper, is no stranger to controversy, at home or abroad. A Dubai-based businessman claimed she ordered police to seize his home in Harare in a row over a $1.3m diamond ring. But potholed roads and broken streetlights are not the only problems locals face. Pet peeves A former president’s crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast’s capital. The president’s pets have escaped into the city’s waterways, and reproduced. Alas, irresponsible tourists have developed the habit of paying locals good money (around $5 a chomp) to see them gobble down live chickens. The crocodiles, it was said, could warn the president of trouble with a simple move of the head. Pet peeves A former president’s crocodiles are terrorising Ivory Coast’s capital. In 2012, however, Mr Toki was allegedly dragged out into the lake by Chef de Cabinet, never to be seen again. But within days she had been whisked out of the country after being granted diplomatic immunity. The best of our journalism, handpicked each day. ";s:7:"keyword";s:39:"Roget\'s International Thesaurus online";s:5:"links";s:2870:"Benny Carter - Artist,
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