October 17 – The Nigeria national team are back home after being trapped in a Libyan airport for more than 16 hours, their treatment being labelled as being ‘like a hostage situation’.
October 15 – African football has long been associated with different forms of chaos, however, being stranded at an airport is a new one as Nigeria are discovering, and it could lead to a forfeit before their AFCON 2025 qualifier versus Libya.
October 7 – A letter sent to members of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and which has been circulated around member associations has caused concern and fear in Africa’s national associations over the ongoing future of CAF, and Africa’s right to govern its own football eco-system within Africa.
October 3 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) secretary general Véron Mosengo-Omba is having a bad couple of months. Fribourg prosecutor’s office is investigating a series of suspicious payments made to Swiss bank accounts. The news follows a CAF audit report that called for his suspension.
October 3 – Senegal coach Aliou Cissé, who led his country to an Africa Cup of Nations title and the past two World Cup tournaments, has lost his job seemingly after government intervention.
October 2 – Djiboutian police swooped on the country’s football officials on Monday night (September 30), arresting several key figures including interim president of the Djiboutian Football Federation (FDF), Mohamed Yasin, and former president and the third vice-president of CAF, Souleiman Waberi.
October 1 – Cameroon’s greatest footballing icon, Samuel Eto’o, president of his country’s FA since 2021, has been banned by FIFA from attending any national team games for six months.
September 26 – FIFA has intervened in the escalating crisis within the Congolese Football Federation (Fécofoot), ordering the suspension of a general meeting scheduled for September 25 in Brazzaville, the country’s capital.
September 25 – Egypt’s national team are facing the unlikely possibility of being excluded from the 2026 World Cup due to an unpaid fine according to reports in the country and Switzerland.
September 18 – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will co-host the 2025 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) in February 1-28, 2025, the African tournament that sees nations select players from their domestic leagues.
September 17 – Africa’s senior football administrators are set to be granted pay rises at the next CAF General Assembly in October that will add $720 million annually to the confederation’s wage bill.
September 3 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has suggested that his organisation’s payments to member associations should also benefit the secretary generals of those countries.
September 3 – Three Ghana coaches, including former Premier League defender John Paintsil, are in a stable condition after a car crash.
August 29 – Globetrotting Belgian manager Tom Saintfiet has departed the Philippines to become to new coach of West African side Mali.
August 28 – African powerhouse Nigeria have named Bruno Labbadia as their new manager after the successive departures of José Peseiro and Finidi George.