“They hurriedly came and demolish my house,” Ahmed Toure said with arms akimbo gazing retrospectively at the spot like the grave of a loved one. “Absurdly, we never saw the construction of any roads or bridges passing here. We feel we are the victims of the tourna- ment. I did not watch any of the games because of the deep anger against the organisers. At my age of 67 how can I start life all over again?” But the story from the local authorities was quite different from what the victims said. The Mairie de Libreville said the demoli- tion had nothing to do with the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. That it was a project long-time planned to expand the main boulevards of the metropolis. “The position of some of these buildings were awkward and