AQA had another question on Mali? I'm sure the final question on one of their papers from the last couple of years was about cotton and deforestation in Mali. Sounds like you guys had a hard paper, though. The stuff you're talking about doesn't seem entirely related to what I've studied with Edexcel though. I guess both boards have slightly different specifications.
I did the Edexcel paper this afternoon but I'm making no remark on it yet because nobody is allowed to until tomorrow.