Former African women's footballer of the year
Genoveva Anonma has called for the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations to be cancelled to avoid
spreading the Ebola virus to her home country.

Equatorial Guinea replaced Morocco as hosts
when the Confederation of African Football
refused to delay the event.
Anonma said: "I am afraid for everyone. They
should cancel it for the good of humanity and the
good of our country."
The Equatorial Guinea government insists it can
control the threat.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first
reported in March 2014, and has rapidly become
the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its
discovery in 1976.
Up to 15 December, 6,856 people had been
reported as having died from the disease in six
countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria,
the United States and Mali. The total number of
reported cases is more than 18,000.

Anonma, who finished top scorer when her
country won the African Women's Championship
on home soil in 2008 and 2012, is deeply
concerned.
"There is an 80% risk that the virus could
contaminate our country but what can we do? We
have to accept it," the 27-year-old forward told
BBC World Service.

"We are a small country and we don't want
things like this in our country,
"I have family there. My grandparents, my cousin,
my aunt and uncle. My mother and my father are
there too - everyone is there."

The Equatorial Guinea government and organisers
have played down Anonma's concerns.
They point to measures being taken to combat
the Ebola threat for the finals, which take place
between 17 January and 8 February, including:
*All passengers arriving at Malabo
international airport from abroad are having
their temperature checked

*Passengers are being photographed and
having their fingerprints taken

*They must fill in medical history forms and
show yellow fever certificates

*Fans at stadiums are being sprayed with
hand sanitizer at the turnstiles

*30 Cuban doctors, who are specialists in
epidemiology, have been drafted in

Deputy Sports Minister Ruslan Obiang Nsue told
BBC World Service: "If we didn't have the means
to control Ebola we would never have accepted to
host the Africa Cup of Nations.

"The fact we have accepted to host the Africa
Cup of Nations it was because we had all the
confidence that we had the technical and health
means to control Ebola.
"If something happened here we would take the
people that are ill straight away to isolation."
Anonma, who plays for Turbine Potsdam in
Germany, became the first foreigner to win the
Bundesliga top scorer award with 22 goals in the
2011-12 season.
She was named African Women Footballer of the
Year in 2012.
Although she would prefer it not to be taking
place, Anonma hopes the Cup of Nations can
alter the image of a country associated with
human rights abuses and corruption.
"Lots of the accusations about Equatorial Guinea
are false," she added. "All the Guinean people are
free to do what they want and they do.
"I think the Cup can help a lot. Organised events
bring people in to see our country. They can see
bad things, good things, see how the country
works."

source: http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/30452171

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