I heard this story on the news on my way home from work, and I admit I cracked up laughing. My favourite news story this year by far.
An official says Mali is to send the French president a replacement camel after the first, given to him as a gift, was eaten, Reuters reports.
"As soon as we heard of this, we quickly replaced it with a bigger and better-looking camel," Reuters quoted an unnamed Malian official as saying.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22089457