Glorea Bentil, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
Cameroonian and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o has called on political leaders in West African nation of Ivory Coast to resolve their differences and restore peace. Ivorians have been leaving in fear over the past weeks due to a standoff between embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo and his opponent Alassane Ouattara.
The Cameroonian captain told Sport365.fr: "Above all, I pray for the Almighty God’s intervention in Cote d’Ivoire, to bring peace and protect Ivorians for further troubles.”
Eto’o is married to Ivorian-born woman named Georgette, with whom he has three children.
The U.N. has said at least 173 people have been killed in violence over the vote, heightening fears that the country once divided in two could return to civil war.
Cameroonian and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o has called on political leaders in West African nation of Ivory Coast to resolve their differences and restore peace. Ivorians have been leaving in fear over the past weeks due to a standoff between embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo and his opponent Alassane Ouattara.
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