Cote d’Ivoire delivers narrative-changing AFCON
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Ball rolling: Onana’s Cameroon is one of African to sides knocked out of the tournament
It is a tournament that easily riles coaches and club owners in Europe. For some within the continent, the biennial competition has for long periods been seen to be hopelessly veering off course.
From the insipid displays to poor crowds, the Africa Nations Cup has been slowly losing relevance over the years. It has been a far cry from the editions featuring continental icons like Roger Milla, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Jules Kounde, Doctor ‘16V’ Khumalo, Hossam Hassan and many other outrageous yesteryear talents.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...