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Highs and lows of football fans watching Africa Cup of Nations

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Senegal fans celebrate after Sadio Mane scores a goal during their Africa Cup of Nations 2019 (Afcon) Round of 16 match against Uganda, in Dakar, Senegal July 5, 2019. [Reuters]

“If football was a president we would have a peaceful and exciting country,” - the words of a young South Africa fan speaking to Reuters while watching his team play in the Africa Cup of Nations perfectly capture the unifying force of the world’s most popular sport.

It is the game that allows fans to forget their troubles and domestic differences and come together for a few hours, where their hopes and dreams, joy and despair, are shared as one.

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