Cameroon Basketball: The emblem of pride and shame

The players of the Cameroonian basketball team that emerged vice-champions of the 24th edition of the African Basketball Women 2015 have still not received their bonuses. Attached to this report is one of the horrible images of the Cameroonian basketball players eating on the floor and sharing a piece of cassava in an accommodation that looks like one of the filthy prisons in the country immediately after the thrilling finals against Senegal. 

Whereas the Senegalese were received with honours following a decision by their Head of State, President Macky Sall to dispatch a chartered plane to jet the players back home to Dakar, the Cameroonian team were evicted at the Hotel Mont Febe where they had established their headquarters. After they proudly defended the colours of the nation –losing just one game in the tournament against the Senegalese in the final, the poor girls have been offered a premium of 2 million CFA francs each, for their brilliant participation in the 24th edition of the African Basketball Women 2015. However, at the time of filing this report, even the miserable 2 million FCFA have still not been paid to the players.