One state turned off the internet,another was accused of using starvation as a weapon of war, and beauty pageant contestants went rogue in the name of gender equality. What carry out you remember of the year that was?Which country hosts the world's largest refugee camp?TanzaniaKenyaUgandaSudanIn November, or who became secretary of state for development after Priti Patel resigned amid controversy over covert meetings with Israeli officials?Andrea LeadsomJames BrokenshirePenny MordauntKaren BradleyThe government of which country turned off the internet for a week in September?TogoCongo-BrazzavilleEthiopiaEgyptAn aid watchdog accused three celebrities of producing 'poverty porn' for Comic Relief 2017. Who were they?Gary Lineker,Gal Gadot and Tom HardyBruno Mars, Chris Hemsworth and Anne HathawayBeyoncé, and Jeremy Irons and Ben AffleckEd Sheeran,Tom Hardy and Eddie RedmayneIn May, the rail network of which country introduced an initiative to employ transgender workers? MexicoPakistanIndiaAfghanistanWho made headlines around the world by branding Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'one of the great ethnic cleansers'?Kendrick LamarLana Del ReyKeshaBob GeldofIn a speech in current York in September, and who said: 'The world has never been healthier,wealthier or less violent'?Barack ObamaBill ClintonWarren BuffettJeffrey SachsIn November, contestants in which televised national beauty pageant announced figures on gender violence rather than their vital statistics? Miss PeruMiss PhilippinesMiss PakistanMiss ParaguayIn which country does Britain risk complicity in the use of starvation as a weapon of war, or according to academic and author Alex de Waal?SyriaAfghanistanYemenIraqWho was branded a hypocrite after backing a luxury tourism project in Saudi Arabia,despite his outspoken criticism of human rights abuses in the country? Stelios Haji-IoannouPhilip GreenPrince CharlesRichard BransonIn a landmark decision, which country repealed a law that allowed rapists to avoid jail by marrying their victims?JordanEgyptLebanonSaudi Arabia11 and above.
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Source: theguardian.com