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i'm christine wonderwall come to deeds every news africa i'm glad you're cheated in no pun intended here but we kick off today's program with africa's biggest football tournament that starts in just a few hours from the now the 1st game off the 2019 africa cup of nations will see the pharaohs of egypt 2 by the way are the most successful team in afghan history play my beloved zimbabwe now egypt is host this year but that wasn't the initial plan cameroon had their hosting rights withdrawn in january after they failed to meet infrastructure requirements at match venues the 32nd instalment off will be the biggest yet it includes 3 countries that have never made the cut that would be mauritania and madagascar so all the favorites. africa. of nations. who will be crowned champions. the hot

favorites egypt with the home advantage they'll enjoy a full backing from the stands and post a continent star player mohammed salon the liverpool forward enjoyed another astounding season on merseyside coming agonizingly close to winning the premier league before being crowned a european champion in june salaries goals often make the difference in an otherwise solid egypt team who have won the africa cup of nations a record 7 times. fending champions are cameroon and the lions will be a tough act to beat this time as well they surprised many by winning 2 years ago and will be hoping to raise a few eyebrows again originally chosen to host the tournament but was stripped of the honor to try lack of organization and egypt stepped in to replace them cameroon boast a well drilled defense center around captain michael and gave do in dodgy i. going

there to defend our crown with all due respect to the competition i believe our passion will help us achieve our goals. nigeria are always among the favorites when it comes to the africa cup of nations it's the most populous country on the continent with a constant stream of young talent and a rich footballing history. experience german coach going to rule has been the man in charge for the past 3 years and has vastly improved asides tactical approach i'm happy to have this quality and so let's let's go for team spirit through this because we want to be no workings. competition promises to be sky high as $24.00 teams bid to get their hands on the ultimate price the africa cup of nations . all right chris harrington is here to talk all things after call on hey chris good to have you here all right so the 1st game is involved way with egypt how do

you think that's going to go. to do to you i think it will be a landslide victory for egypt you mentioned already the record champions there hosting extra motivation i mean they have their talisman their masonic figure in most you know and they didn't lose any of the qualifying matches a very good professional league as well now zimbabwe you know in their group they've done well against the other teams you've got in d.r. congo but i do think they'll have to punch above their weight we did have a chance to catch up with the warriors head coach and this is what he had to say about the big competition hey joe. i thing we are very experienced players and i want to. as for the atmosphere. i think we played out of the semi-pros fear in geography and in congo brazzaville they're quite used to this kind of fighting this year and i guess will be the one i played i know my football and produce a reasonable desire for the nation ok so we know were installed for some good

football here i think everybody agrees on that and i just wondered if you have all of these legends like mossad on the continent who go on to play and european he and add value to the teams why is it that when african teams are playing in the world cup for example we somehow did match up. well i think it really comes down to money invested in infrastructure you could look at germany you know for example they've invested over a 1000000000 euros in their youth infrastructure you know big countries the most populated country nigeria as a comparison because i did spend time there their infrastructure is basically bare and you know it runs dry and their national team is basically composed of players that are talented enough to play abroad in hone their skills and so forth not a lot of money is put forward into you know the infrastructure and specifically the domestic league with did nigeria i caught up with a super eagle legend j.j. a coach and he touched on the issues that basically are keeping you know the

football situation a step behind in the country. when it comes to the local league think which they have a long way to go to be cursed. one of the issues is that most of the clovers belongs to government right you know so people running to clubs are not really on the shows and now you know so they rely on the board that they get every year from the government a lot of people in nigeria envying you right now forgetting that the gravity of it is let's talk about the action that will be off the pitch in this one event i mean that they that the day afghan is taking place in a country that people are warning its governmental authorities of violating human rights what are we likely to see off the pitch during this time well i think off the pitch a lot of people will take this opportunity to shine the light on certain issues that otherwise wouldn't get the attention i mean you know and one thing that's come out in criticizing what has been happening recently in egypt and is the international has criticized you know the government for arresting several football

fans associated associated them with terror organizations and so forth but they're rarely charged with a crime you know so i'm thinking that uses a deterrent but i'm sure people will you know try to hurdle over that and still try to get their voices heard in terms of the equal rights issues that exist in the country right right ok chris so it's a back to the tournament itself we know what are the favorites and i'm just wondering who you've got your money on you know this is one of the beautiful things about the after companies is you know several teams competing in 24 teams biggest biggest and it's ever been have won it you know it comes out obviously of sets in the lion's share i mean our 4 teams that i'll go with the game rocco get you know egypt sinegal in the team that was featured in the report nigeria but upsets can happen but wait until you know chimps some of the fat frog really pick the winner ok and some always not on that list of but nonetheless chris you can come back next time i'll have you on the program all right chris that said thank you chief of bats

and you know what let's hear from the egypt caps and that would be mohammed he. sees me i should say on the importance off you guessed it most. and i was one of the 3 best players in the world this is a huge deal for the country and for the egyptian team. being on any team will make it better and be a great addition everyone's looking forward to his performance so this is a positive thing and a great addition for the egyptian team. players want but having sally where this is a positive thing and then important thing for us as a team and as players. our next story is in western uganda way a recent trend of using condoms and conventional medical workers and local authorities uganda's government like many others distributes free condoms to fight the spread of hiv aids and i have a sexually transmitted infections but salt mine is instead use them to protect

themselves against the harsh impact of salty water on their reproductive organs. but this next report. decades of human activity and uganda looks like no other critter lake. there is no fish here but mine is full of a treasure. farming 6 years ago to extract sort. provides a daily income. one which is not supposed to farming. i'm not reliable. son this place now better but his well being is nort. highly concentrated sore to water as a to convey at all. who was. here has many

problems with. this labor intensive when a woman with a home or not we get wounds on our skin is badly affected. one or one of said to my . salt mine is also frequently report journeyed to infections and to protect themselves some are resorted to using condoms. and wearing a condom before getting in the water can limit your exposure to us old it protects you from infections the. resources are stretched at a nearby government center demand for condoms to protect against assault has skyrocketed but that threatens the fight against aids. the how of course and the more shortage is because there. is a very very high. supper as we get so whatever we get for the 2 month

outside his courtroom duty even in a month. now you can imagine all of those that report the in the if. this is a battle for the meaning and we go to hell with this we also have other. within of it didn't think of it i would think that. for the females the depot which has a really no go area. school. knows that all too well. she's afraid of becoming you for tire she goes waist deep into the salty water science might not come from her fear but she will try astute and maizie. the salty waters can cause you tourists infections. the deeper waters for the men to venture into. twig critelli is believed

to have formed about 2000 years ago this was due to a vote. which will form sort of tours later discovered to be a good deal because. despite the hardships involved miners like some they seem to have no baitullah tentative for leaving. sydney an interesting one isn't it well i'm interested to know what you think about it but is it for now from deja news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and a facebook page because of all of this as one feeds the grainy just hours away it's all that kickoff match will leave you now with images from egypt as it prepares to host the africa cup off nation still next time i bite.

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