[wanabidii] No whey! From some unlikely origins, African cheese - and other milky things- making a splash on the international stage (M&G Africa)

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04 Sep 2015

No whey! From some unlikely origins, African cheese - and other milky things- making a splash on the international stage   First documented on the continent in 2,000BC, now Africa's cheese makers are off to new markets.

Bashir's star rises higher as shakes hands on stronger ties with S. Africa's Zuma in China; plans US visit   It's proving a bumper year for the formerly ostracised leader—reelection, friends in high places, lots of travel…will it end with a seat at the UN?

It's a tough time to be a Zambian, as officials concede battered economy at mercy of global markets   Country rules out foreign controls as intervention to pull back currency's free-fall becomes hard, the money-men say.

Somalia appoints Moscow and US-trained soldier as army chief in fallout over deadly AU base assault   Cabinet picks Mohamed Aden Ahmed as chief of army in week that scores of African Union soldiers were killed in deadly Shabaab attack.

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