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12 days to go! African soccer still trying to fulfil promise at World Cup

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A man painted in the colours of the Cameroon flag, chants, prior to the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Cameroon and Ivory Coast, at Estadio De Malabo, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Henri Mouyebe slaps green, red and yellow paint on his bald head and big, bare belly before every Cameroon soccer game. He's been transforming his hefty frame into a living, moving Cameroon flag for 40 years in support of his team.

He will take his paint, and a huge dollop of hope, to this year's World Cup in Qatar.

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