Zimbabwean political analyst Taffy Mhaka has urged African countries to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
He believes that just as African countries boycotted the Olympics in solidarity with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa in 1976, similar action is needed to protest the US’s support for the Israeli military operation in Gaza. According to him, a festival like football cannot take place where lives are being lost indiscriminately in Gaza.