Africa’s 2019 news quiz

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How well do you remember the quirkier headlines from the continent this year?

Mamelodi Sundowns forced to deal with travel complications

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Mamelodi Sundowns have to travel via Europe to get to Algeria in time for an African Champions League match on Saturday.

Bees send footballers diving in Tanzania

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A football match in Tanzania is briefly stopped when a swarm of bees invades the pitch.

Eritrean players fail to return home once again

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Players from the Eritrean football team have again disappeared following a regional Cecafa tournament in Uganda.

The Libyan following the footsteps of Brazil’s Socrates

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Libya's Ahmed Al Trbi is emulating Brazilian legend Socrates by combining medicine and international football.

Algeria’s powerful military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies

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Ahmed Gaid Salah emerged as de facto leader after telling veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign.

The smart wristband helping Kenyan students pay for lunch

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Thousands of schoolchildren can now afford to eat a healthy lunch by using prepaid smart wristbands.

Letter from Africa: In search of Zambia’s glam rockers

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How Afros, funk and black power became part of a glorious era in a nation's post-colonial music scene.

Darfur conflict: Sudan launches investigation into crimes

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A trial could take place outside the country if necessary, the state prosecutor says.

Darfur conflict: Sudan launches investigation into crimes

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A trial could take place outside the country if necessary, the state prosecutor says.