This Week's Sign That the Apocalypse Is Upon Us
February 14, 2000
Upon its return from a first-round exit in the African Nations Cup, Ivory Coast's soccer team was locked up for two days on an army base; after the players were released, Gen. Robert Guei, the country's military strongman, told them, "Next time you will stay there for military service."
Upon its return from a first-round exit in the African Nations Cup, Ivory Coast's soccer team was locked up for two days on an army base; after the players were released, Gen. Robert Guei, the country's military strongman, told them, "Next time you will stay there for military service."