
Hunger stalks Cameroonians as food prices spike
As the curtain fell on the Afcon, many of Cameroon’s citizens went back to what was already an everyday struggle to survive. In the end the showpiece achieved – and meant – little for them.
As the curtain fell on the Afcon, many of Cameroon’s citizens went back to what was already an everyday struggle to survive. In the end the showpiece achieved – and meant – little for them.
The families of those killed in the Afcon stampede had to wait weeks before they could bury their loved ones. And while they did, the government’s promised help was nowhere in sight.
Ahead of official findings, on-the-ground accounts of the Afcon tragedy in Cameroon reveal the factors that led to the deaths of eight people.