Organisers of today's anti-Zuma protest in South Africa said on Tuesday that they were planning the "mother of all rallies" which would be observed in at least 13 cities across the country.

EWN news site has been sharing videos of protesters in different parts of the country.

Here, protesters march in Western Cape march outside the provincial legislature building:

Here are the scenes from the Johannesburg suburb of Braamfontein:

And in the city of Durban:

We have just spotted this data visualisation of refugee movements in eastern Africa put together by a Kenyan based start-up, Odipo Dev.

It uses data from UN refugee agency UNHCR to show how some wars in the region, between 2000 and 2015, had forced people to seek refuge in different countries.

Watch below:

Refugees fleeing the Islamist insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria and crossing into neighbouring Cameroon are now facing mass evictions, reports Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The rights organisation estimates that Cameroonian authorities have deported some 100,000 asylum seekers.

It also accuses Cameroonian soldiers of torturing and sexually exploiting the refugees.

HRW said that while Cameroon had a right to regulate the presence of non-nationals in the country, it should do it in such a way that it does not lock out genuine refugees.

Tens of thousands of refugees have ended up in insecure camps or villages in Nigeria's Borno state, says HRW, where "conditions are dire, and women and girls face sexual exploitation".

The region has seen some of the intense clashes between Nigeria's armed forces and Boko Haram militants, which the rights body estimates has displaced almost 2 million Nigerians.

A top official at HRW has shared a short video of their report:

All police roadblocks in Nigeria are to be removed immediately, following an order by the country's police chief Ibrahim Idris.

"Many Nigerians will welcome the news because these roadblocks are often little more than excuses to demand bribes from both ordinary travellers and those transporting goods," writes Amina Yuguda, winner of the 2017 BBC World News Komla Dumor award.

She adds that the police statement, however, says the move is intended to reduce time wasted at roadblocks and ease business.

Read her full article on the BBC News website.

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A group of Dutch tourists have cut short their planned 22-day holiday in South Africa after they were attacked and robbed in Johannesburg, eNCA reports. , external

The 36 tourists had arrived at OR Tambo airport on Sunday and were travelling in a bus to their hotel when they were stopped by a man pretending to be policeman.

News24 reports , externalthat they were stopped by a police car and a man wearing police uniform, who was with five people dressed in civilian clothing.

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula apologised to the Dutch embassy following the incident.

Mr Mbalula tweeted a video of him meeting the tourists and promising them that they would arrest the culprits.

He added that he wanted to express his "heartfelt embarrassment" over the incident:

The tourists have since arrived home in Holland.

We reported earlier about the planned anti-government rallies in South Africa.

The BBC's Milton Nkosi in Johannesburg took this photo of protesters who have gathered outside the headquarters of the trade union organisation, Cosatu, who organised today's protests.

He also sent this video of the protesters singing:

Another colleague Justine Lang estimates there are around 500 people at the demonstration.

A video of a man mocking Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's unsteady walk during his appearance last week at the UN general assembly, is being shared widely on social media.

People have been using the hashtag #MugabeChallenge to spread the video on Twitter.

The video of the 93-year-old leader being helped to the podium was widely shared, as was his speech referring to the US President Donald Trump as the gold "gold Goliath".

Valentine Motsi, a Harare-based social commentator, told news24, external that Mr Mugabe's old age and his frailty had now become a source of entertainment for many Zimbabweans.

Ethiopian lawyer and disabled rights activist Yetnebersh Nigussie has won the Right Livelihood award, also known as the alternative Nobel Prize.

She told BBC Focus on Africa radio:

Awarded by Sweden, the prize is to courageous people and organisations that have found practical answers to the root causes of global problems.

Listen to her full interview here:

The hashtag #CosatuStrike is trending in South Africa as the country's biggest trade union organisation stages a nationwide strike against corruption.

There are expected to be 13 marches in all major cities including the country’s economic hub Johannesburg, Cape Town and the coastal city of Durban.

Local media are reporting on crowds gathering in Durban:

The Secretary General of Congress of South African Trades Union (Cosatu), told a news conference on Wednesday that the protest would be "the mother of all marches".

“The strike is about sending a message to government and the private sector that we are tired of corruption in our society,” he explained.

The downing of tools will be supported by another partner of the governing African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP).

The BBC's Milton Nkosi reports that the mass action protest will also be calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down.

Cosatu had been strong backers of Mr Zuma but they are now supporting Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in a presidential bid against Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former African Union Commission chairwoman, who is seen as Mr Zuma's preferred successor.

Uganda’s communications authority has warned radio and TV stations against broadcasting live content that "promotes a culture of violence amongst the public".

It said it would take action against anyone violating broadcasting guidelines by suspending or revoking broadcasting licences.

The order comes after media broadcast chaotic scenes from parliament on Tuesday, when fighting broke out among MPs as they prepared to debate the contentious removal of the presidential age limit.

A proposed constitutional change by the ruling NRM party would scrap the upper limit of 75.

Analysts say that NRM lawmakers are pushing to remove barriers that would prevent President Yoweri Museveni, 73, from running in 2021.

The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in Kampala, has snapped this selection of today's newspaper headlines reflecting on the brawl in parliament:

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