Voice of America: AFCON: Female Fans Not Welcome at African Football Tournament

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

AFCON: Female Fans Not Welcome at African Football Tournament Jan 18th 2013, 14:21 As the African Cup of Nations prepares to kick off this weekend, some teams have courted controversy by allegedly saying they don't want female fans attending because they'll bring bad luck. Predictably, this has not gone over well with women. A local South African newspaper cited an AFCON organizer who said that teams from Ghana, Congo, Mali and Niger complained. The organizer said some on the teams believe women bring bad luck and are associated with witchcraft. VOA attempted to reach ... Media files: 113F1176-AE95-472B-A4D4-A367EE1888EC_cx0_cy47_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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