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A female Rwandan referee has made history at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon by becoming the first woman to officiate a match in the tournament’s 65-year history.

Salima Mukansanga was the fourth official—an assistant who helps the referee by supervising substitution procedures and performing other administrative duties—for the group stage match between Guinea and Malawi on Jan. 10. And later, on Jan. 18, she refereed the group stage match between Zimbabwe and Guinea.

“It’s a privilege. It’s a pleasure to me, to the rest of African women referees,” Mukansanga said at a press conference on Jan. 21 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the tournament’s organizer. “It’s [an] opportunity to open the door and to show that all African [women] are capable. They can reach that stage.”

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One constant this particular Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), has been endless surprises. A goal-less draw between Africa’s highest ranked FIFA team (Senegal) and Malawi, ranked 129th or Ghana’s defeat and eventual ouster at the hands of debutant Comoros.

Fresh from their triumph at the Fifa Arab Cup—a precursor to the FIFA World Cup happening later this year—Algeria’s Fennecs (foxes) trotted off to Cameroon hoping to eclipse Italy’s remarkable 37-game unbeaten run and set a new international soccer record on their course to retaining dominance at the summit of African football.

They made a different kind of history instead as the Afcon title holders, finished bottom of a group that had Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea, ranked 108 and 114 respectively by football governing body FIFA.

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Senegal finish top of Group B at the Africa Cup of Nations despite being held to a 0-0 draw by Malawi in Bafoussam.