Four BBC journalists look back on the year that was in Africa: The good, bad and amusing news.

They also try to identify the emerging news from there in 2005.

An excerpt; it is Mohammed Allie's pick for most amusing story from South Africa:

One of the most bizarre tales this year, was in South Africa when a widow refused to bury her husband's body after a local prophet said he would come back to life. When the deadline for this passed, the prophet had another vision and gave the bereaved wife another date for her husband to return.

As the bill for the body's storage at the undertaker kept rising so the deadlines came and went, reported avidly by the South African media. The story became a source of humour for South Africans until the council stepped in and ensured the body was buried. He is now resting in peace.