6 surprising milk home remedies

Dairy farmers spray tractorloads of milk powder onto European Council building, saying a planned sale of milk powder stocks would depress prices in Europe and abroad.

Desperate to feed her baby girl, who suffered severe food allergies, Chilean mother Carolina Fuentes turned to donkey milk and says it was "a miracle."

We find out about cockroach milk and why it could be the next food craze.

Did you know that milk can be used as a remedy for these 6 situations? 1. Post-workout 2. Insomnia 3. Spicy foods 4. Sunburn 5. Sore throat 6. Immunity booster

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has limited the number of companies involved in milk importation, its derivatives and dairy products to six. CBN stressed that the policy is part of efforts to increase local production of milk, its derivatives and dairy products. Tajudeen Ibrahim, Vice President and Head of Research at Chapel Hill Denham joins CNBC Africa for more.

More than two months after the first farmers set up camps on Indian capital's borders, tens of thousands more have joined them, calling for the repeal of new agriculture laws. The farmers, who have slept outdoors through the winter cold, are being supported by an army of small villages in the northern states neighbouring Delhi.

Every morning in the Rwandan capital Kigali, long queues appear outside milk bars, where people come to socialise and unwind over large pints of ikivuguto, a fermented milk mixed with honey. Milk drinking became engrained in the country's culture as the result of a government policy initiated after the 1994 genocide to revive the economy and fight malnutrition. In 2006, the government set up the Girinka programme, in a bid to ensure that even the poorest families were able to afford a cow.

Pakistan is the world's fourth largest producer of milk. Domestic demand is strong and some 90 percent of the population consumes untreated raw milk. This provides an opportunity for corrupt retailers but also for farmers who are trying to survive inflation and falling profits. Some use illegal methods to increase the volume of the precious liquid – diluting milk with tap water is one of the most widespread techniques. Others even create fake milk from chemicals. Faced with this serious threat to public health, the authorities in Punjab province have stepped into action, as our correspondents report.

Many Kenyan households, especially in informal settlements, lack piped water. However, vending machines installed are helping to solve the problem. Moreover, one can vend cooking fuel and milk.