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Does the end of Hayatou also spell the end for Lagardère and its $1bn rights package?

By Paul Nicholson

March 16 – With Issa Hayatou no longer president of the Confederation of African Football and the future of CAF general secretary Hicham El Amrani uncertain under the incoming presidency, there is also a question over whether the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) and Presentation Sports will continue with their complaint against CAF over the award of a 12-year marketing rights package to Lagardère Sports for $1 billion.

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CAF to double World Cup slots and keep AFCON’s January date

CAF HQ

March 16 – Ahead of the election that ended his 28 years as Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou today dismissed any possibility of changing the timing of the African Nations Cup, the Continent’s showpiece event, amid calls for it to be rescheduled to accommodate European clubs who lose their African players midway through the season.

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CAF acts on trash-talking Chiyangwa with referral to disciplinary body

By Andrew Warshaw

March 15 – As African football awaits its most far-reaching election in three decades, outright war has broken out between the two rival camps with the self-styled campaign manager for the sole challenger to Issa Hayatou’s previously untouchable throne facing disciplinary action.

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Pinnick pressured to put country first and personal interest second in Ahmad vs Hayatou vote

By Andrew Warshaw

March 15 – Twenty-fours before the most hotly anticipated election in African football history, Nigerian authorities have denied they have ordered their highly influential FA to vote for Issa Hayatou as he bids to cling on to power for another four-year term.

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Bility admits on radio to taking the $50,000 Ebola awareness cash sent by FIFA to the LFA

By Paul Nicholson

March 14 – Liberian FA (LFA) president Musa Bility appeared to admit on Liberian radio at the weekend that in 2015 he took $50,000 from FIFA meant to go towards humanitarian aid during the Ebola crisis. The money was distributed to his own executive committee members while he retained $35,000. Bility is accused of multiple acts of corruption by a former LFA executive committee member and other stakeholders in Liberian football.

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Playing legend Eto’o deserts federation giant Hayatou in CAF election jostling

By Andrew Warshaw

March 14 – You might have thought that Samuel Eto’o, as arguably Cameroon’s greatest ever footballing icon, would be backing his compatriot Issa Hayatou when African nations go to the polls on Thursday to decide whether to give Hayatou an unprecedented eighth term or go for Madagascan challenger Ahmad Ahmad.

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Egypt puts its muscle behind Ahmad with its Courts getting in on the action

By Staff Writers

March 13 – The final week of the African Football Confederation (CAF)’s Presidential election campaign is off to an explosive start, with CAF obliged to rebut what it says are unsubstantiated charges and allegations that have led to Issa Hayatou being referred to the Egyptian Economic Court within days of Thursday’s vote pitting him against challenger Ahmad Ahmad.

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Bility’s ‘bribery’ claim drags in Johansson and throws smokescreen over corruption allegations

Musa Bility

By Paul Nicholson

March 10 – The whistleblower who informed FIFA of corruption within the Liberian Football Association (LFA) has been accused by LFA president Musa Bility of encouraging Sierra Leone president Isha Johansson to pay a bribe to her own executive committee members to win their support.

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Samoura claims she is neutral in CAF elections, wanting the best for Africa’s future

March 9 – Senegal’s FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura her assured her neutrality ahead of next week’s presidential election of the African Confederation (CAF), when Ahmad Ahmad will try to dislodge Issa Hayatou.

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Unhappy birthday party: Chiyangwa loses plot over CAF election allegations

March 9 – Zimbabwe FA chairman Phillip Chiyangwa has stepped up his dispute with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by threatening legal action against both its president, Issa Hayatou, and secretary general.

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Camara left with no election to fight and a free run to FIFA’s top table

March 8 – Danny Jordaan’s loss has suddenly become Almamy Kabele Camara’s gain ahead of the most feverish African regional elections in decades.

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CAF elections in disarray as Jordaan pulls out of FIFA Council race

Danny Jordaan

By Andrew Warshaw

March 7 – Danny Jordaan (pictured), the public face of the 2010 South Africa World Cup, has dramatically pulled out of the race to gain a place on FIFA’s ruling Council, plunging this month’s African regional elections into chaos and confusion.

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West Africans declare for Hayatou, or at least some do

Issa Hayatou3

March 7 – The alignment and re-alignment of African federations behind either incumbent president Issa Hayatou or challenger Ahmad Ahmad in the election for president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is a seemingly ever-changing landscape of contradictions.

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Ahmad wins Djibouti support in battle to take over from Hayatou

By Andrew Warshaw

March 6 – Djibouti is the latest country to come out publicly and say it is supporting the challenger Ahmad Ahmad (pictured) in the forthcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidential election in a move that appears to go against the official stance of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) whose members are officially backing Issa Hayatou.

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Bwalya pulls out of FIFA Council race to focus on CAF exco bid

March 6 – Former Zambian FA president Kalusha Bwalya has withdrawn from the race for a place on the FIFA Council – less than two weeks before elections for African representatives.