Cameroon government blamed for Afcon mess

Finishing touches at the Garoua Stadium in Cameroon which was to host matches of the 2019 Africa Cup of nations. PHOTO | NDI NDI EUGENE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• Sports journalist and editor-in-chief of This is Sports magazine, Franklin Sone Bayen said the socio-political climate in Cameroon is not conducive enough for the continental soccer jamboree to be staged.
• “The Afcon withdrawal is shocking without measure for socio-political and socioeconomic reasons, though it should have been expected because Cameroon was falling short in infrastructure, and the sociopolitical climate is