Uganda Cranes have taken advantage of playing home away from home in Cameroon to fix a high-profile friendly against the Indomitable Lions. Owing to the unavailability of a standard stadium in Uganda, Cranes will play their final Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Ivory Coast 2023 home game against Algeria in Cameroon in June.While in the Central African Nation that hosted the last AFCON in 2022, the East Africans will play a friendly against the hosts and five-time champions, as confirmed by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA).##NAJAVA_MECA_7217578##”So why Cameroon? First, they have the facilities after recently hosting AFCON, they have also offered us an opportunity to play a high profile friendly game before the Algeria game,” Eng. Moses Magogo, FUFA President told NBS Frontline.Uganda was amongst 25 African Nations, that were blacklisted by CAF, from staging Level 1 International games for lack of approved stadiums.The East African country is racing against time to get Mandela International Stadium, currently under renovation back in use, while Kenya has been sprucing up Kasarani Stadium for ages now to beat CAF demands.Having missed the last AFCON in Cameroon, Uganda are gunning to make amends this time, but are faced with many obstacles, including having to play all their games away from home.AFCONQ: Shame as Uganda opts to host home matches in Egypt for lack of approved stadiumThey will be facing an Algerian side that has already qualified for the AFCON showpiece slated for Ivory Coast next year.Uganda’s final match in September will be against Niger away. The two games are crucial for their qualification as they tie on four points each with Tanzania in Group F.Uganda hosted neighbours Tanzania in their previous home qualifier away in Egypt, losing by a solitary goal.
