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Daniel Ekonde

‘She was my everything’: Cameroon mourns AFCON stampede victims

Olembe Stadium, after match between Cameroon and Comoros [Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters]

Yaounde, Cameroon – Before Veronique Djilo headed to the Olembe Stadium to watch Cameroon – nicknamed the Indomitable Lions – take on Comoros the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), she updated her WhatsApp status as “Lion 4 life”.

And that was the last time her niece, Leokam, whom she lived with, would hear from her.

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