What began as rumour has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village. David Ojong, the head of the Cameroon delegation, said five boxers, a swimmer, and a female football player had been missing since the weekend. The reason for their disappearance is not known, amid some reports that they wanted to stay in the UK for economic reasons. If that's the case, I wish them well, but they should sort out citizenship or residency before their visas expire in November, otherwise they will have to leave unless they want immigration to come after them.
A reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team, Drusille Ngako, was the first to vanish. Her disappearance was followed by that of swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue, reportedly along with his personal belongings. The five boxers who disappeared were Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo, and Serge Ambomo. The home office said it could not comment on whether any of the seven had sought asylum in the UK.
In other news, Martin Fleischmann, the chemist who with Stanley Pons claimed in 1989 to have achieved "cold fusion", has died, and the EU is to hold urgent talks tomorrow over a diplomatic row between Belarus and Sweden, which followed a political stunt involving teddy bears with pro-democracy messages.
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