I was abused, i was harassed, i was violated without my consent. Children get abused in football. Everybody knows. There are not many worse things in life, not in Football Life but in life generally, than child abuse. But has fifa ripped up its own rule book in gabon . Gabon, on the west coast of Central Africa a country where the lives of countless Young Players have been devastated in what could be the biggest Sexual Abuse Scandal the world of football has ever seen. This is parfait ndong. Bonjour. A man who risked everything to reveal the horrors of a scandal that has rocked african football. In the 1990s, he was a star player for gabon, selected 45 times to play for his country. The striker played most of his professional career in europe, before injury forced him to quit and he became a coach in switzerland. In 2019, he returned home to gabon and set up his own football academy. And the changes, says parfait, were shocking. He discovered that sexual abuse of Young Players at all l
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A group of mps here in the uk wants a 25 pence charge added to every disposable coffee cup sold, with the money raised used to improve recycling facilities. Billions of cups are thrown away each year, mostly ending up in landfill sites. Goodidea . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. North korea has accepted south koreas offer to hold talks next week. It will be the First Time Since 2015 that officials from the two sides have met. No coincidence perhaps that the news breaks just hours after south korea and the United States agreed to postpone theirjoint military exercises, which north korea sees as rehearsals for invasion. Theyll be suspended for the duration of the Winter Olympics. Sophie long reports from seoul. North korea accepted the offer of government level talks through a direct fax line between the two countries reactivated two days ago. It
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Than two years after a bombing at the heart of istanbul the trial of German Tourists the Turkish Court sentences three men to life in prison. President dollar trump is called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during this first stage of the Union Address tromp also off lawmakers to support us plans of upgrading the countrys aging infrastructure and to overcome the deadlock on Immigration Reform has more. Republicans were thrilled to greet their leader ahead of the highly anticipated speech but the big question ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address would he adopted more president ial tone with the world see twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot had changed he said since he took office a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a Righteous Mission to make America Great again for all americans. He praised his own administrations achievements more than two mill