Ghana Must Put Pressure On CAF To Postpone Tournament......

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• Adjua 11 years ago

  CAF is just reinforcing the fast growing trend of thinking in the west especially Europe, that Africa does not deserve to be helped. How can you contemplate the idiocy and recklessness of staging a continental football tourn ...
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  CAF is just reinforcing the fast growing trend of thinking in the west especially Europe, that Africa does not deserve to be helped. How can you contemplate the idiocy and recklessness of staging a continental football tournament in the midst of this pandemic, while you are screaming for help from others who are sensibly taking care of themselves. Maybe we should let ebola just wipe us out, then we will not be a burden to the rest of the world.

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• GeoJo 11 years ago

  This is the time for all nations in Africa to boycott AFCON 2015 as a campaign to fight Ebola. I don't know what we loose if AFCON 2015 is not played compared to the potential danger of propagating Ebola with this tourney. Is ...
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  This is the time for all nations in Africa to boycott AFCON 2015 as a campaign to fight Ebola. I don't know what we loose if AFCON 2015 is not played compared to the potential danger of propagating Ebola with this tourney. Issah Hayatu I think has been paid to help spread Ebola in Africa. Hayatu is simply a fool and he is not ready to listen to good council. Thank you Morocco for being bold, Nigeria, don't host AFCON 2015, please.

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• Citizen 11 years ago

  I believe strongly that some Africans, have lost their brains, when it comes to reasoning. With this sort of problem of ebola on the continent, why should we think about African cup? It`s hard time we start reasoning well for ...
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  I believe strongly that some Africans, have lost their brains, when it comes to reasoning. With this sort of problem of ebola on the continent, why should we think about African cup? It`s hard time we start reasoning well for us to be known that we`re human beings. We behave as animals just as the whites treat us. Your brother or sister is dying and they`re buried just we bury animals and you`re thinking about football.

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• The Stallion 11 years ago

  Do you see how stupid you are?

  Do you see how stupid you are?

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• The Stallion 11 years ago

  You wrote: "...It`s hard time we start reasoning well for us to be known that we`re human beings. We behave as animals just as the whites treat us. Your brother or sister is dying and they`re buried just we bury animals and y ...
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  You wrote: "...It`s hard time we start reasoning well for us to be known that we`re human beings. We behave as animals just as the whites treat us. Your brother or sister is dying and they`re buried just we bury animals and you`re thinking about football..."
  But those with the virus are playing the qualifies in your country. Are you not animals then?

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• Citizen 11 years ago

  I`m right to say that simply because of the way we behave! If anything serious should happen in any developed country where they know it`d be dangerous to the citizens, they won`t act the way we`re acting. Stupidity is killin ...
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  I`m right to say that simply because of the way we behave! If anything serious should happen in any developed country where they know it`d be dangerous to the citizens, they won`t act the way we`re acting. Stupidity is killing us so we have to follow the same stupid leaders for our down fall and the white man would continue to tell us that the black man can`t reason well. Our thinking is as just as our skin dark.

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• Reason 11 years ago

  Do you live in Europe or the US? You surely sound like it! Let the HEALTH EXPERTS which you are NOT, decide. Three countries which may not qualify, have ebola, and the percentage in those countries is less than 0.05%, what ...
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  Do you live in Europe or the US? You surely sound like it! Let the HEALTH EXPERTS which you are NOT, decide. Three countries which may not qualify, have ebola, and the percentage in those countries is less than 0.05%, what likely they will travel to watch their team? Be reasonable, the doctors advising CAF are!

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• Yaw 11 years ago

  Do you know what the 0.05% who have ebola can cause? We need real thinkers.

  Do you know what the 0.05% who have ebola can cause? We need real thinkers.

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• Son Of Man 11 years ago

  It took just one person to bring Texas and USA to a screeching halt about Ebola. If a fraction of 0.5% gets into your country, the number of fatalities will shock you. Ebola is far more dangerous than AIDS. If you postpone ...
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  It took just one person to bring Texas and USA to a screeching halt about Ebola. If a fraction of 0.5% gets into your country, the number of fatalities will shock you. Ebola is far more dangerous than AIDS. If you postpone AFCON, we live to play another day. The fact is Issa Hayatou won't listen. He has to give money back to the sponsors and he wants the money more than saving lives.

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• anokwale 11 years ago

  If you watch BBC, CNN and other credible news outlets and see interviews with infectious disease specialists, you will understand that this is a situation where the percentage of infection is extremely low even in Sierra Leon ...
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  If you watch BBC, CNN and other credible news outlets and see interviews with infectious disease specialists, you will understand that this is a situation where the percentage of infection is extremely low even in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. It is important to build medical infrastructure and prepare and pay healthcare professionals. However, it makes no sense to shut down commerce. Keep in mind that CAF and all the African football associations stand to lose bit time when the TV contracts and sponsorship monies are lost. Not playing the tournament is not really going to help anything.
  Morocco has chosen to protect its valuable European tourism industry over the tournament. That is fine but they should not expect not to be punished.

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• Agyenim Boateng 11 years ago

  Mr. Darko you are very right because people are dying and suffering like animals if you watch CNN and l want to ask the leaders, should we keep on dying like that? Please Ghana must avoid that dangerous epidemic

  Mr. Darko you are very right because people are dying and suffering like animals if you watch CNN and l want to ask the leaders, should we keep on dying like that? Please Ghana must avoid that dangerous epidemic

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• godsway 11 years ago

  We had a lecture from a doctor on this sickness and his analysis indicate that this is not the time to play about as we are doing. The sickness is dangerous and no doctor is prepared to ricks his/her life.

  We had a lecture from a doctor on this sickness and his analysis indicate that this is not the time to play about as we are doing. The sickness is dangerous and no doctor is prepared to ricks his/her life.

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• Petint 11 years ago

  Those who are calling for AFCON 2015 to go on have lost their sense of reasoning, and are simply selfish. We need to be our brothers' keepers. ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES SHOULD BOYCOTT AFCON 2015

  Those who are calling for AFCON 2015 to go on have lost their sense of reasoning, and are simply selfish. We need to be our brothers' keepers. ALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES SHOULD BOYCOTT AFCON 2015

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• anokwale 11 years ago

  You see, the next step will be closing shipping ports, closing airports, goods get expensive and finally we get civil and political unrest. The focus is on making sure funding used properly for medical infrastructure and pay ...
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  You see, the next step will be closing shipping ports, closing airports, goods get expensive and finally we get civil and political unrest. The focus is on making sure funding used properly for medical infrastructure and paying healthcare workers. Stopping a football tournament actually does not help much. It gives others excuses to isolate Africa and lead Africa to its downfall.

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• K Man 11 years ago

  So, because the disease is in 5 countries,prevalent in 3 (where in 1 deaths are still rising) the whole of Africa should boycott AFCON...really?
  
  Look, if you're being objective than these countries will not qualify for AF ...
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  So, because the disease is in 5 countries,prevalent in 3 (where in 1 deaths are still rising) the whole of Africa should boycott AFCON...really?
  
  Look, if you're being objective than these countries will not qualify for AFCON, but if you want to make it a case of truly being patriotic than all West African nations would have to pull out and let East, South and North contest the tournament. Although, to me, this would be an overreaction.
  
  If we want to fight the disease than knowledge and a shared action to help access to these communities affected is needed, medicines, medical staff, quarantines. Stopping AFCON may make you feel better or that somehow it is going to help fight Ebola, but if Morroco is ok to host a world club tournament INCLUDING African clubs than you see the hypocrisy in its stance. This is not about love for CAF, this is asking the stating AFCON can continue without ECOWAS if needed (or if people are that fearful) but to pretend that Morrocco is doing this out of some sense of loyalty to the rest of Africa is deluded, unless it's ok for Morroco to go ahead because CAF's representatives in the competition are N Africans.

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• K Man 11 years ago

  For Morroco to go ahead with hosting the world club cup.

  For Morroco to go ahead with hosting the world club cup.

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• ObjectiveMan 11 years ago

  Ebola is real and different is transmission and control.Knowledge limited and still developing.
  Control is mainly by contact tracing and isolation then observing them.
  During tournaments! many people will watch in groups ei ...
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  Ebola is real and different is transmission and control.Knowledge limited and still developing.
  Control is mainly by contact tracing and isolation then observing them.
  During tournaments! many people will watch in groups either at the stadium or sports bars or where ever.Granted there is a new case no matter the source,contact tracing will be a big problem.
  Lets reason up and wait until it is down.

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