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| Africa this week: Five things we've learnt | Africa this week: Five things we've learnt |
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| Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week: | Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week: |
| 1): Mugabe wants to marry Obama | 1): Mugabe wants to marry Obama |
| Zimababwe's President Robert Mugabe proposes to marry his US counterpart, Barack Obama, after US supreme court legalise gay marriage across the country. | |
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| 2) It's possible for a car to smash your home and survive | 2) It's possible for a car to smash your home and survive |
| A man drove his car off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa's coastal city Durban without hurting anyone. | A man drove his car off a road and smashed through the roof of a house in South Africa's coastal city Durban without hurting anyone. |
| Find out more | Find out more |
| 3) Lupita loves elephants | 3) Lupita loves elephants |
| Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o started loving elephants when she was six and has now set out on a mission to defend them. | Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o started loving elephants when she was six and has now set out on a mission to defend them. |
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| 4) Ex-president runs 'empty' IT business | 4) Ex-president runs 'empty' IT business |
| Captain Valentine Strasser who ruled Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996 is now running an empty IT institute. | Captain Valentine Strasser who ruled Sierra Leone from 1992 to 1996 is now running an empty IT institute. |
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| 5) East African snail farm gathers pace | 5) East African snail farm gathers pace |
| While snails are a delicacy in parts of West Africa, a Kenyan entrepreneur has set up East Africa's only snail farm, selling the produce to local restaurants. | While snails are a delicacy in parts of West Africa, a Kenyan entrepreneur has set up East Africa's only snail farm, selling the produce to local restaurants. |
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