Cameroon separatists bomb AFCON stadium 2 days to tournament

<p><strong>Separatist fighters in Cameroon’s Anglophone region have set off an improvised explosive device &lpar;IED&rpar; in the town of Limbe which will host Group F matches of the Africa Cup Nations &lpar;AFCON&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to local police&comma; no one was injured in the explosion which went off early Thursday in the Half Mile neighbourhood of the city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Limbe will host Group F AFCON matches involving Tunisia&comma; Mali&comma; Mauritania and Gambia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Separatist fighters who have vowed to disrupt AFCON in the city said on social media they were responsible for the blast and stressed that it was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a warning sign of what we will do during AFCON”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-jonathans-presidential-campaign-poster-emerges-after-visiting-buhari-photo&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">2023&colon; Ex-President Jonathan&&num;8217&semi;s Presidential Campaign Poster Emerges After Visiting Buhari &lbrack;PHOTO&rsqb;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Separatist leaders had said they do not want AFCON matches to take place in a region &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;at war”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Cameroon army has deployed additional ammunition and troops to the region&period; The troops undertake routine day and night patrols&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recall that Prophet Nigel Gaisie of the True Word Fire Prophetic Ministries had warned of a terrorist attack during the AFCON&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gaisie disclosed that he foresaw terrorists detonating explosives in a stadium during the AFCON tournament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing his members&comma; the Ghanaian-based prophet urged participating countries to be prayerful in averting disaster during the tournament in Cameroon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Prophet Gaisie&colon;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is an international prophecy&period; The Lord carried my spirit into a place like Cameroon concerning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I saw something like players standing on a stretcher and they were in pain as some of them were crying&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let the nation Cameroon pray and any other qualified team also do same because I’m seeing something like a terrorist attack and explosive attacks&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m seeing that something happened at the stadium and the whole place was in disorder and people died&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AFCON will officially begin on Sunday in the capital Yaounde and will run for four weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;