2023 AFCON: Senegal roar past Cameroon 3-1, Cape Verde through to knockouts
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Title holders Senegal beat Cameroon to reach Africa Cup last 16
A few hours earlier, Cape Verde were the first country to secure a last-16 place by hammering Mozambique 3-0 in Abidjan.
Champions Senegal steam into last 16 with 3-1 win over Cameroon
YAMOUSSOUKRO : Ismaila Sarr scored one goal and laid on another as defending champions Senegal beat Cameroon 3-1 on Friday and booked their place in the round of 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations, leaving their opponents in some peril.
Defending champions Senegal beat Cameroon to book last-16 place
Senegal’s midfielder #10 Sadio Mane shoots and scores his team’s third goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 group C football match between Senegal and Cameroon at the Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro on January 19, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
In The Gambia, victims of Jammeh dictatorship seek justice
From 1994, when Yahya Jammeh came to power in a bloodless coup, The Gambia lived in fear as the country plunged into dictatorship. For 22 years, all Gambians suffered from Jammeh's rule – directly or indirectly – as torture, massacres by death squads, extrajudicial executions, rape and forced disappearances took place. Journalists and the opposition were silenced. Jammeh withdrew his country from the Commonwealth and began the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, while transforming The Gambia into an Islamic Republic.
Favourites Morocco make winning start at Cup of Nations
SAN PEDRO, Ivory Coast :Morocco underlined their status as pre-tournament favourites by beating 10-man Tanzania 3-0 to make a winning start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign as Group F got underway at the Laurent Pokou Stadium on Wednesday.
AFCON 2024: Holders Senegal begin title defence with 3-0 victory over Gambia
Selina Sykes is joined on set by Eurosport journalist Ruben Slagter and FRANCE 24’s Justice Baidoo in Ivory Coast.
AFCON 2023: Brave 10-man Guinea hold Cameroon
Guinea’s midfielder #10 Moriba Kourouma (C) heads the ball during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 group C football match between Cameroon and Guinea at Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)