Cameroon is hosting the tournament in six cities, but security is potentially most at threat in Limbe, a city on the tropical Atlantic coast whose surrounding region has been rocked by armed attacks since war broke out in 2017.
The conflict, in which armed groups are trying to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia, has killed at least 3,000 people and forced nearly one million to flee.
Violence has worsened this year as separatists increase their use of improvised explosives.
“My fear … is that the recent phenomenon of bomb blasts which have been happening in other parts … could be a…
