SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The …
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Child-protection officials in Cameroon say poverty is driving many children to start begging and hawking on the streets. As a result, the English-speaking region of Bamenda is grappling with a spike in child hawkers. In Cameroon’s Northwest city of Bamenda, hawkers sell items in traffic and along busy streets. One …
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Read More »Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana retires from inernationals at age 26
Africanews | The 26-year-old Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, who was dropped from the Cameroon squad for the World Cup in 2002 for “indiscipline”, announced his international retirement in a message on Twitter on Friday. “Every story, no matter how beautiful, has an end. And my story within the Cameroon national …
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