Cameroon will be ready to stage the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) next year, Samuel Eto’o has told RFI. Suggestions that Cameroon would not be ready for the tournament, expanded to 24 teams and scheduled in the summer for the first time, have plagued the build-up, with Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has accused the Cameroonian government of “targeted killings”, arson and looting in its fight against an Anglophone separatist movement. In a statement following a meeting with President Paul Biya on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon called for dialogue to end an 18-month-old conflict. English-speaking rebels have killed over…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and South Africa have remained unmoved in the May edition of the FIFA World Rankings, although Ghana are one of several nations to have climbed after a relatively quiet month of international football. There are no movers inside the world’s top 47 places, and therefore Africa’s top six remain as they…