Africa this week: Five things we've learnt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34226834 Version 0 of 1. Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week: 1) Ostrich eggs can withstand a man's weight While he was covering a story on the lifting of the EU ban on ostrich eggs, BBC Africa Business Report's Taurai Maduna discovered the eggs are strong enough to carry his weight. Find out more 2) You can get drunk from porridge Some Zimbabwean boarding schools have banned students from bringing in porridge after they suspected it was used to brew beer, according to The Chronicle newspaper. Find out more 3) The tree where Queen Elizabeth II was staying when she became queen was burnt down by the Mau Mau Princess Elizabeth was staying in a tree-house at the top of a huge tree in Kenya in 1952, when the news came that her father had died in the UK, making her queen. Two years later the tree was burnt down by Mau Mau fighters opposed to British colonial rule. Find out more 4) Piracy costs Africa $7bn (£4.5bn) a year Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe said after a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja that Africa loses more than $7bn a year to piracy at sea. Find out more 5) There are two million more children in Nigeria than the whole of the EU Africa's population is set to double by 2050, with Nigeria leading the way. Found out more And one this we are yet to learn... ... Where in Africa 50 Cent is building a house The rapper, who has filed for bankruptcy, posted a video of workmen putting the finishing touches to his new house but he only revealed that it was "in Africa" without revealing where. Find out more |