The deadly stampede in front of the Stade d’Olembé before the meeting between Cameroon and the Comoros mourns African football. A look back at the violence that the world of football in Africa has faced during the various competitions.
An event that does not highlight Cameroon and the African Cup of Nations. Specially built to host CAN matches, the Olembé stadium has a capacity of 60,000 seats. But, due to the spread of the virus, an 80% gauge was put in place especially during meetings of the Cameroonian selection. Before the Cameroon-Comoros meeting, a stampede took place, costing the lives of eight people. While Cameroon mourns its victims, the government has opened an investigation to reveal the circumstances of the event, a new dramatic episode hitting the African continent.
July 15, 2017, deadly evening in Senegal
The capital of Senegal will not forget Saturday, July 15, 2017. The greatest tragedy in national football took place at the Demba Diop stadium in Dakar. The meeting between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportif de Ouakam in the final of the League Cup turned into a nightmare. The collapse of a quarter-turn wall claimed the lives of eight people. A total of 477 individuals were injured on the side of the Stade de Mbour supporters.
One month, two dramas in 2001
Seats uprooted, clashes, the Stadium of Accra (Ghana) was the scene of gratuitous violence on May 10, 2001. The match opposed the Ghanaian team of Hearts of Oak to Asante Kotoko. During the game, the referee awarded a goal to the home players, but the player was in an offside position. A decision that angered the visiting supporters of the Asante team. Present at the scene, the police intervened to calm the supporters with tear gas. Some wanted to leave the stadium, but found the doors closed at the bottom of the stands. The toll will be heavy: 126 people will lose their lives.
More than 90,000 people in an Ellis Park stadium with a capacity of 65,000. A Wednesday April 11, 2001 which marked the history of Johannesburg (South Africa). Twenty minutes after the kickoff of the match between the Kaizer Chiefs and the Orlando Pirates, tens of thousands of supporters were still present in front of the enclosure to enter. But the stadium was already full. Without tickets, the supporters still tried to invite themselves to the stands. A grating collapse will kill 43 people by suffocation.
