Comments on: Cabinda, Angola, Togo and the Africa Cup of Nations Tragedy http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tragedy in Angola: Togo Bus Attack Updates & Developments - Just Football http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-22030 Tragedy in Angola: Togo Bus Attack Updates & Developments - Just Football Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:37:57 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-22030 [...] needs resolving, and appears to be the key mistake or oversight that led to this tragic event. Pitch Invasion has more on the situation in [...] [...] needs resolving, and appears to be the key mistake or oversight that led to this tragic event. Pitch Invasion has more on the situation in [...]

]]> By: Angola Aside from the Cup: A Different Soccer Story | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19817 Angola Aside from the Cup: A Different Soccer Story | Pitch Invasion Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:51:31 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19817 [...] attempt at that membership went tragically wrong.  The heartbreaking attack on the Togo team bus in rural Cabinda, an Angolan territory geographically separated from the rest of the nation, on the eve of the 2010 [...] [...] attempt at that membership went tragically wrong.  The heartbreaking attack on the Togo team bus in rural Cabinda, an Angolan territory geographically separated from the rest of the nation, on the eve of the 2010 [...]

]]> By: Carry on Cabinda: Politics, Morality and Safety at the Africa Cup of Nations | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19800 Carry on Cabinda: Politics, Morality and Safety at the Africa Cup of Nations | Pitch Invasion Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:17:41 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19800 [...] the Africa Cup of Nations, though games will take place in Cabinda, just days after that region saw that team come under machine gun fire, will three officials dead and one goalkeeper (who had earlier been reported as dead) in intensive [...] [...] the Africa Cup of Nations, though games will take place in Cabinda, just days after that region saw that team come under machine gun fire, will three officials dead and one goalkeeper (who had earlier been reported as dead) in intensive [...]

]]> By: Togo, Angola, and the World Cup | Latest Football News http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19794 Togo, Angola, and the World Cup | Latest Football News Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:50:39 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19794 [...] Dunmore at Pitch Invasion has noted that Angola itself is no more dangerous than you’d expect it to be and the British Foreign [...] [...] Dunmore at Pitch Invasion has noted that Angola itself is no more dangerous than you’d expect it to be and the British Foreign [...]

]]> By: Anon FLEC http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19788 Anon FLEC Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:02:25 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19788 It should be pointed out that the African Union has had the Cabinda issue sitting in its regional court snce 2006 and has done nothing. FLEC has repeatedly asked for the African Union to intervene and Angola has stonewalled leaving the case in limbo until the AU finally defaults Angola. http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20070820151711831 It should be pointed out that the African Union has had the Cabinda issue sitting in its regional court snce 2006 and has done nothing. FLEC has repeatedly asked for the African Union to intervene and Angola has stonewalled leaving the case in limbo until the AU finally defaults Angola.

http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20070820151711831

]]> By: ursus arctos http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19781 ursus arctos Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:11:04 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19781 It's worth noting that map above dates from 1977, prior to the development of the oil industry in Cabinda. It’s worth noting that map above dates from 1977, prior to the development of the oil industry in Cabinda.

]]> By: Tom Dunmore http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19777 Tom Dunmore Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:28:54 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19777 Ray, judging only from google maps, there is a road that snakes to the city of Cabinda from Pointe Noire. As to whether it's "major" or what the conditions are, I've no idea. But it's obvious that if anyone knew they were travelling by bus, they'd indeed be sitting ducks just past the border into Cabinda territory. See the map here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cabinda,+angola&sll=-4.785153,12.069168&sspn=0.556979,0.891953&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cabinda,+Angola&ll=-5.18532,12.163239&spn=1.113267,1.783905&t=p&z=10 Ray, judging only from google maps, there is a road that snakes to the city of Cabinda from Pointe Noire. As to whether it’s “major” or what the conditions are, I’ve no idea. But it’s obvious that if anyone knew they were travelling by bus, they’d indeed be sitting ducks just past the border into Cabinda territory.

See the map here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cabinda,+angola&sll=-4.785153,12.069168&sspn=0.556979,0.891953&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cabinda,+Angola&ll=-5.18532,12.163239&spn=1.113267,1.783905&t=p&z=10

]]> By: Ray Curren (orangeorange05) http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19773 Ray Curren (orangeorange05) Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:12:40 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19773 It doesn't look there even any roads (at least major ones) from Pointe Noire into Cabinda, is there? Talk about sitting ducks. Seemed at least somewhat avoidable all the way around. It doesn’t look there even any roads (at least major ones) from Pointe Noire into Cabinda, is there? Talk about sitting ducks. Seemed at least somewhat avoidable all the way around.

]]> By: Togo, Angola, and the World Cup http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19771 Togo, Angola, and the World Cup Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:03:50 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19771 [...] Dunmore at Pitch Invasion has noted that Angola itself is no more dangerous than you’d expect it to be and the British Foreign [...] [...] Dunmore at Pitch Invasion has noted that Angola itself is no more dangerous than you’d expect it to be and the British Foreign [...]

]]> By: Sweeper Special: World Reaction to Togo Tragedy | Pitch Invasion http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/01/08/cabinda-angola-togo-and-the-africa-cup-of-nations-tragedy/comment-page-1/#comment-19768 Sweeper Special: World Reaction to Togo Tragedy | Pitch Invasion Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:50:32 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6314#comment-19768 [...] The complexity of the situation is such that we can only scratch at the surface at the politics behind the attack, and the decision to host games in Cabinda in the first place, as we attempted to do yesterday. [...] [...] The complexity of the situation is such that we can only scratch at the surface at the politics behind the attack, and the decision to host games in Cabinda in the first place, as we attempted to do yesterday. [...]

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