We must think about how we get a grip on security issues. We can’t simply say that South Africa is something else than Angola,” said German football league (DFL) president Reinhard Rauball.

Germany to rethink World Cup security - Times LIVE

But South Africa IS “something else than Angola.” This is so weird. Did anyone, for a second, worry about the World Cup in Germany because of instability in Kosovo, or Chechnya, or the Parisian suburbs?

Further reading on both soccer and Cabinda over at Africa is a Country

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We must think about how we get a grip on security issues. We can’t simply say that South Africa is something else than Angola,” said German football league (DFL) president Reinhard Rauball.

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