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At long last, AFCON kicks off

At long last, AFCON kicks off

FromThe Take


At long last, AFCON kicks off

FromThe Take

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jan 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On January 9, Africa began its biggest biennial football tournament: The Africa Cup of Nations. Postponed a year because of the pandemic, the tournament will pit 24 of the continent's top teams against each other over the course of one month in Cameroon. But despite the celebratory fervor in Cameroon, there's some concern about how the tournament has been portrayed.

In this episode: 
Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha), African football journalist

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Released:
Jan 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.