Africa Cup of Nations Kicks off, Footballers Join ‘Hunger Fight’
More than 25 football stars have spoken out in solidarity with millions of people facing hunger across their region as the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off Saturday in Bata in Equatorial Guinea. The stars are appealing to the international community to work together so that they CAN win the match against hunger. The stars include Seydou Keita from Mali, Charles Kaboré from Burkina Faso, Demba Bâ from Sénégal and Lawali Idrissa from Niger. National teams from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal, are all determined to lift the cup for their supporters back home. They have called on governments and the international community to show equal determination to help protect millions currently threatened by a looming food crisis across the Sahel region, including over one million children threatened with severe malnutrition.
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