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African football chief's future hangs in balance

Subject to FIFA oversight since August 2019, the Confederation of African Football president, Ahmad Ahmad, is implicated by an audit confirming certain irregularities already identified by French investigators. [...]

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Government ministers clashed with the president's office over the route to be taken by the official convoy bringing FIFA chairman Gianni Infantino and his entourage to the opening match of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) between Cameroon and Zimbabwe in Yaounde on 16 January.

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Africa
African football chief's future hangs in balance

Algeria, Morocco
African football confederation irked by Algerian intransigence over Morocco

Africa
Football bosses in final stage of picking CAN 2025 host nation

Morocco
Algiers and Rabat compete to host 2025 African Cup of Nations

Africa
FIFA ethics committee cracks down on football federations

Cameroon
Ministers ruled offside over FIFA boss's route to African Nations opening match

South Africa, West Africa
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

Africa
Ahmad Ahmad manoeuvres to hold on to top African football job

Cameroon
Football governing body rains on Paul Biya's CAN 2021 parade

Africa
Football world braced for CAF forensic audit

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FIFA n°2 Fatma Samoura burgled in upmarket Paris hotel

Cameroon
Ruling families continue to wield power