Namibia/Togo: Survivors Remember Togo National Football Team Machine Gun Ambush, 10 Years On

LONDON -- On 8 January 2010, the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola was just days away.

I was in the province of Cabinda, preparing to cover Group B for the BBC World Service, and was also charged with handing over the BBC African Footballer of the Year trophy to the newly crowned winner, Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba.

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