Footballer Benoit Assou-Ekotto listens to Magdelene Nahwuba who lost her sight due to river blindness.

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Bamenda, Cameroon, July 2013: Benoit Assou-Ekotto, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and Cameroon football teams, listens to Magdelene Nahwuba. She is blind. She lost her sight due to river blindness or onchocerciasis, a disease that is carried by a black fly that breeds in nearby fast-flowing rivers. Benoit is in Cameroon to publicise Sightsavers work to eliminate river blindness.

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