Star Land hotel Bastos- Yaounde. |
The Gabonese National Team have rejected the La Falaise Hotel reserved for them upon arrival in Cameroon.
Star Land hotel Bastos- Yaounde. |
The Gabonese National Team have rejected the La Falaise Hotel reserved for them upon arrival in Cameroon.
Samuel eto and Rooney Nshing. |
Olembe stadium in Yaounde-Cameroon. |
Cameroon conflict looms over Africa Cup of Nations venue. The STADIUM is located a few meters from the Atlantic ocean, with cool breeze and in a very clean city but what about the security here?
Droves of armored vehicles are patrolling the streets of Limbe in Cameroon's conflict-torn southwest region ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) soccer finals starting on January 9 that separatist militants have vowed to disrupt.
Cameroon is hosting the tournament in six cities, but security is potentially most at threat in Limbe, a city on the tropical Atlantic coast whose surrounding region has been rocked by armed attacks since war broke out in 2016.
The conflict, in which armed groups are trying to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia, has killed at least 3,000 people and forced nearly one million to flee. Violence has worsened this this past year as separatists increase their use of improvised explosives.
"My fear ... is that the recent phenomenon of bomb blasts which have been happening in other parts ... could be a common phenomenon during this AFCON period," said local journalist Honore Kuma.
Insecurity is just one issue facing the tournament. Concerns about the readiness of stadiums and the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant have also made headlines in recent weeks.
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The nations cup jamboree is here and we only have to accept the realities. Cameroon is the Afcon host and for the first time Africa will host 24 teams instead of the ancient 16 teams.
The entry into different stadia have price tags which may not be comfortable for many average Cameroonians. Truth and it will be revealed during the first leg matches.
At different stages of the competition, prices increases progressively. The first stage of the competition means 3000 fcfa entry for lowest category and the last day of the competition, 7k for the cheapest price.
Below are the images showing entry tickets of 6 different stadia, the different ticket categories and few rules to follow during the AFCON.