Fear, a lack of blood donation supplies and ill-trained health staff have led to a dangerous blood shortage in Benin, said the head of the country's blood donor association.

Razak Omotoyosi is one man Uganda Cranes defenders must keep a keen eye on when they face Benin in a must- win Africa/World Cup qualifier at Namboole on Sunday.

Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused in part by coastal sand mining, carting away of free beach sand for commercial uses, the national government has begun a campaign to save its coastal sand by digging up sand inland, instead. But communities near these newly-created sand collection spots are fighting back.

Health officials say air pollution in Benin's economic capital, Cotonou, is an often-overlooked, undiagnosed killer that is as much of a health threat as the country's leading cause of death, malaria.

Cranes coach Bobby Williamson has returned to the country from Scotland where he had gone for a short break.

Uganda Cranes will play their last 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin on Saturday, October 11, a day earlier than planned.