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Daniel Ekonde

Daniel Ekonde is a journalist/sports journalist who writes on African sports, human interest and culture. He lives in Cameroon.

Ethiopia players sing the national anthem before their Africa Cup of Nations group match against Cameroon at Olembé Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (Photograph by Kenzo Tribouillard/ AFP)

What Afcon means for Ethiopia

Players in the national team hope taking part in the tournament will buoy the hopes for a peaceful resolution of the Tigray conflict and also boost their chances of getting wider…

Clearing weeds as part of a campaign into recycling fishing nets in Lake Ossa

Fighting an alien invasion

The invasive salvinia fern is taking over the nation’s largest lake; now all hope rests with a tiny alien bug

Why Cameroon is obsessed with hosting the Afcon

The African nation is hoping to use the tournament to paper over the divisions of the Anglophone crisis and the cracks made by a dictator who has ruled for almost four decades.…

School massacre: Eleven-year-old Victory Camibon, who had just started high school, was shot dead in an attack last month

Conflict in Cameroon: The schools caught in crossfire

A slew of recent attacks in the country means sending your child to school can be a life or death decision

LYON, FRANCE – JULY 07:  Former footballer, Didier Drogba is seen in the stands prior to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France Final match between The United States of America and The Netherlands at Stade de Lyon on July 07, 2019 in Lyon, France. (Photo by Marianna Massey – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Controversy dogs Drogba’s top-job attempts

Does Didier Drogba deserve to lead Cote D’Ivoire’s football association?

Throwing nightshade: The closure of borders because of the Covid-19 pandemic Cameroon and a broken processing plant have severely hit farmers’ incomes from growing tomatoes. (Michel Gunther/Biosphoto

Cameroon’s tomato industry rots

The country usually exports 10 000 tonnes of the crop each year. But Covid-19 rules have stopped the trade and are ruining farmers

During the 1990 Fifa World Cup quarter-final between Cameroon and Argentina, François Omam-Biyik jumps to head the ball while Argentine defenders look on. (Wikicommons public domain)

Why Cameroon has slid back since Italia ’90

The Indomitable Lions’ class of 1990 put Africa on the international football map with their showing in Italy, where they stunned the world champions. But they have since gone…