sanctuary. this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes just hours from now the opening bell so will blow and the 1st afghan game for people in egypt pundits say we're in for riveting action as the best of africa's football talent battle it out in what is the continent's biggest sporting talk of it. and what these guys are doing here is harvesting salt and they say they need to wear condoms to do it we'll find out why. i'm christine wonderwall come to deeds every news africa i'm glad you 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 2900 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play my beloved zimbabwe now egypt is host this year but that wasn't the initial plan cameroon had their hosting rights withdrawn in january after they failed to meet infrastructure requirements at match venues the 32nd instalment off will be the biggest yet it includes 3 countries that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. the africa cup of nations. who will be crowned champions. for egypt we have the home advantage there enjoy full backing from the stands and post the continent stop playing mohammed salaam the little point. food enjoyed another

astounding season on merseyside coming agonizingly close to winning the premier league before being crowned a european champion in june salaries gold often make the difference in an otherwise solid egypt team who have won the africa cup of nations a record 7 times. have 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 due to a lack of organization and egypt stepped in to replace them cameroon boast a well drilled defense centered around captain michael and gay 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. experienced german coach cannot 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 visit offered some spirit to this of course we want to be no walking. 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 pits 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 that the record champions there hosting extra motivation i mean they have their talents man their masonic figure in most you know and they didn't lose any of the qualifying matches very good

professional league as well now symbolic way you know in their group they've done well against the other teams uganda and 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 today oh i think we're very experienced players you know it to. us with the atmosphere. i think we played on of the semi-pro 3 and geodesy and. brother bill they're quite used to this kind of 5 minutes and i just will be there when i play them off the ball and producing it isn't a ball good result for the nation ok so we know we're install for some good football here i think everybody agrees on that and i just wonder if you have all these legends like most on the continent who go on to play and european he has an advantage 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 use that as a comparison because i just been 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 and 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 worse they have a long way to go to be cursed so. one of the issues is that most of the

closures belongs to government well 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 for getting that gravity but it's let's talk about the action that will be off the pitch in this tournament i mean at the end of the day afghan is taking place in a country that people are warning its government authorities are 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 internationalist criticize you know the government for arresting several football fans associate associated them with terror organizations and so forth but they're really charged with a crime you know so i'm thinking that's used as 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 f.a. cup of nations you know several teams competing in 24 teams big biggest and it's ever been have won it you know it comes out to obviously upsets in the lion's share i mean are 4 teams that i'll go with ok morocco yeah 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 zimbabwe's 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 kept saying that the beat mohamedi. 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 the great addition for the egyptian team. we play as one but having solid 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 other sexually transmitted infections but salt mine is instead used 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 as for. farming 6 years ago to extract sword or. provides a daily income. one which is not supposed to farming. i'm not reliable. son this base now better but his well being is nort. highly concentrated sore to water as a kick in the atoll. who was what. here has many problems. it's labor intensive when we don't we're not we get wounds and our skin is badly affected. or in order said to my. soul to mind i was also

frequently report jenny to infections and to protect themselves some i resorted to using condoms. and wearing a condom before getting in the water can limit your exposure to sold it protects you from infections that your. resources astray such nearby government seem to demand for condoms to protect against the salt water 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. the surprise we get so whatever we get for the 2 months outside is courtroom duty even in a month now you can imagine all of those that report the. this is their battle for the meaning and we go to hell with this we also have. with

the end of the trading 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 for tire she goes waist deep into the salty water science might not come from her fear but she will not risk it and maizie. the salty waters can cause uterus infections amaze. the deeper waters for the men to venture into. twig critelli is believed to have formed about 10000 years ago this was due to volker. which was a form sort of course later discovered to be a devil because. despite the hardships evolved miners like suddenly seem to

have no better alternatives for living. out of the. senate interesting one isn't it well i'm interested to know what you think about it that is it for now from news africa as always you can catch all austrians on our website and a facebook page because of all of this at on the grainy just hours away it's all that kickoff match we'll leave you now with images from egypt as it prepares to host the africa cup of nations so next time i buy.

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