Beng Emmanuel Kum

🇨🇲Journalist @guardian_post /Freelancer✍🏿 @BBCSport/@TheContinent_ |@AJEnglish|@NewFrame_news |@minorityafrica|@GlobalVoices| @semforAfrica|@republicjournal

[Beng Emmanuel Kum @BengManuel_]

The Golden Age of Senegalese football

- Won the AFCON (2021)
- Beach Soccer AFCON winners (2022)
- Won the CHAN (2023)
-Won under-20 AFCON (2023)
-2022 Women's AFCON quarter finalists

An unprecedented continental quadruple.

My latest piece for @thecontinent_

[Bambe Wanneh Giovanni @BambeWanneh]

I'm honored to have contributed to this @africasacountry WC magazine. I first came across the organization ahead of the 2023 AFCON, courtesy of my brother, Maher Mezahi. Once I got involved, I noticed an incredible workspace filled entirely with professionals. Go grab a copy!

[Un Bami qui Tweete💡 @evrageraud]

✍️Che Malone Fondoh's🇨🇲 2025-2026 football season:
✅️First call-up with the indomitable Lions
✅️First AFCON participation
✅️Winner Algerian Cup with USM Alger🏆
✅️Best Foreign player of the season in Algeria🏅
✅️Winner CAF Confederation Cup with USM Alger 🏆

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

In this week's newsletter, we speak about Djiboutian club Arta Solar 7 - Africa's failed sportswashing project

Arta signed Alex Song, Carlos Kameni, Diafra Sakho, but never qualified for group stages of Confederation Cup or Champions League

Subscribe: https://t.co/rJaCUuxaCt

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

In his latest investigation, @Romain_Molina writes about how gambling is ruining football in Burundi for @africasacountry

"An average Burundian footballer earns around $30 a month... For criminal syndicates, the cost of corrupting players is negligible"

https://t.co/xZMv9EjWYX

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

My role with @africasacountry is expanding

I’ll now be overseeing our sports coverage and publishing a bi-weekly newsletter named “The Corner Flag” on African sport

The first dispatch addresses “credibility” after the AFCON final fiasco

Subscribe here: https://t.co/rJaCUuxaCt

[Beng Emmanuel Kum @BengManuel_]

Thank you for sharing such an interesting piece @MezahiMaher

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

“Congolese football mirrors general affairs in the country: there’s immense potential, constrained by mismanagement.

Qualification would prove that even a deeply flawed and corrupt system cannot suppress everything”

✍️ @leopardsfoot for @africasacountry

https://t.co/20z0nI4eAv

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#Cameroon
The Ngarbuh trial has delivered neither full accountability nor meaningful redress.
The UNOHCHR should offer legal assistance to the victims’ families, to enable them to file a well-grounded appeal seeking reparations, @hrw
https://t.co/SuiBLh38iC

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

“Nobody should know my name.

The fact that you’re reading this is proof of God’s grace.”

This is @victorosimhen9. https://t.co/wycAAsWfw3

[CPJ Africa @CPJAfrica]

One of Africa’s longest-imprisoned journalists after those in Eritrea, Thomas Awah (on hospital bed) has suffered long enough. As have other Cameroonian journalists jailed since 2016 & 2017: (from left) Amadou Vamoulke, Mancho Bibixy, and Tsi Conrad. #FreeThemNow

[Nalova Akua @AkuaNalova]

Le Cameroun intensifie la riposte face à la polio @PEVCAMEROON @DrManaouda @unicefcameroon @whocmr https://t.co/CQHiYlb35V via @gavi

[Paradigm Initiative (PIN) @ParadigmHQ]

⏳ 9 Weeks to go!

The stage is set in Abidjan, and the countdown continues. With just 9 weeks to the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF26), consider this your invitation to be a part of the digital rights movement.

- Connect with fellow advocates and tech innovators
- Explore practical solutions and emerging trends in digital inclusion.

Registration opens soon.
#DRIF26

[Beng Emmanuel Kum @BengManuel_]

The MTN Elite One has once again delivered incredible drama and entertainment as matchday four wrapped up on Monday February 9, 2026.

Seven matches were played nationwide, with goals in each game and 15 scored in total, shaking up the league table.

https://t.co/9nkodD1DFs

[The Continent @thecontinent_]

Gaddafi’s heir is laid to rest

But he might not rest in peace. Neither will his country.

Subscribe and get early access to The Continent newspaper. Message [phone] on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram, or email [email protected].

Read more: https://t.co/mKOyzEfO0C

[Gary Al-Smith @garyalsmith]

🚨 Nicolas N'Koulou, 🇨🇲 Cameroon legend, retires from professional football at 35.

“I told my wife that the day I no longer had the strength to get up every morning for training, I would end my career.”

👟 100+ caps
🌎 3 Fifa World Cup apps
🏆 2017 AFCON winner
🏟 9 clubs

[Blaise Eyong @BlaiseEyong]

Why are Africans are fighting and dying for Russia?

[CNN Africa @CNNAfrica]

Six months ago, Anne Ndarua's only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he's alive.

In December, someone sent Anne a video of her son warning other Africans not to travel to Russia for any job offers. https://t.co/NW28QrS9BY

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Why are African men joining the Russian army?

[Gary Al-Smith @garyalsmith]

All five African Footballer of the Year winners since 2017 meet today.

🏆🇪🇬 Mo Salah (2017, 2018)

🏆🇸🇳 Sadio Mané (2019, 2022)

🏆🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen (2023)

🏆🇳🇬 Ademola Lookman (2024)

🏆🇲🇦 Achraf Hakimi (2025)

#AFCON2025

[Njie Thierno Diop 🇸🇳 @NjieEnow]

THE FUTURE!

With Cameroon's 🇨🇲 2025 AFCON over, it is important to project into the future & prepare properly.

I like what I see and I think a few additions will help the team get better.

#Thread.

[Beng Emmanuel Kum @BengManuel_]

Dear @mulumbuofficial
I've been trying to reach out but your DM is blocked. Would love to connect.

Thanks in advance,
Beng.