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Interview: Former CAF finance boss lifts lid on Africa’s money pit

Life has certainly not been peaches and cream for former CAF finance director Mohamed El Sherei over the last seven months. In a one-hour exclusive conversation, at the Heliopolis Sports Club in Cairo in November, El Sherei, who has been without an income for several months, spoke frankly, to Insideworldfootball’s Osasu Obayiuwana, on what he says has been a tumultuous period, for him and the organisation to which he once belonged.

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CAF Confed Cup champions Zamalek have not paid players for four months

By Osasu Obayiuwana

December 2 – Players of Zamalek, the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup winners, have been without wages for four months.

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Infantino promises Africa £1bn and a new $200m pan-African super league

November 29 – On tour in Africa FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that he wants to invest more than $1 billion in the African game and found an African league.

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Life for a life? FIFA gives murderous war criminal Ngaissona six year ban

November 29 – Almost a year after French authorities handed leading African football administrator Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face war crimes, FIFA have banned him for six years and eight months.

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No pay no say: Pinnick fury as NFF tells Rohr to keep quiet on money and do his job

By Osasu Obayiuwana

November 28 – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reacted to Insideworldfootball’s interview with Gernot Rohr (pictured left), head coach of that country’s national team, by issuing him with an official reprimand.

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Egypt’s Zamalek refuse to play CAF Super Cup in Qatar

November 27 – In a potentially serious blow to footballing geo-politics in the region, Zamalek of Egypt are refusing to go ahead with Africa’s Super Cup in Qatar in February.

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Banned Chiyangwa takes Zifa’s new bosses to court over abusive texts

November 27 – Former Zimbabwean strongman Philip Chiyangwa (pictured), banned for life in the summer by his own federation (Zifa) for “bringing Zimbabwean football into disrepute,” is taking his successor Kamambo to court accusing him of sending insulting messages via his mobile phone.

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Exclusive: Nigeria’s Rohr considers coaching future as he chases outstanding pay

By Osasu Obayiuwana

November 26 – With just seven months left on his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Gernot Rohr, the German coach of the Super Eagles, is making it clear that he is looking at his options.

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No host for AFCON 2020 women as Congo pull out and South Africa say no thanks

November 25 – South Africa have turned down an approach to step in as emergency hosts of next year’s women’s African Cup of Nations finals after Congo pulled out.

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CAF fixtures clash squeezes club competitions to make space for CHAN

November 25 – African football has been hit by yet another club-versus-country fixture congestion issue.

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Afcon 2021 dates not set with rumours it will return to January to miss CWC clash

November 21 – The dates the next Africa Cup of Nations in 2021 are yet to be firmed up, according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), raising the possibility of the tournament switching back from its recently introduced summer schedule to its previous January/February slot.

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Kenyan chaos as government steps in to suspend elections after allegations of rigged process

November 21 – Kenyan football is in chaos again with elections at the football federation have been delayed by government over irregularities identified in the electoral requirements. The elections were supposed to have been held on November 23.

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Pinnick blames Nigeria’s poor results on ‘toxic’ environment created by government

November 21 – Just days after an official anti-corruption government investigation into Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick – once the second most powerful figure in African football – and four other officials was dropped, Pinnick himself has lashed out at the authorities for being entirely to blame for the ongoing problems on and off the pitch saying his federation has had to operate in a “toxic and disruptive environment.”

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Exclusive: Ahmad refuses Lagardere request to address CAF Exco on $1bn deal termination

By Osasu Obayiuwana

November 20 – The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad, has rejected a request from Lagardere Sports (LS) to address its Executive Committee on November 21 in Cairo, regarding CAF’s decision to terminate its billion-dollar contract with the Paris-based company.

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Drogba still frontrunner in rumours of challenge to Diallo for Ivorian FA presidency

By David Owen

November 19 – Reports suggest that former Chelsea star Didier Drogba looks increasingly likely to make a bid for the presidency of the Ivorian football federation.