24 hours following a worthless victory against Gambia in AFCON qualifiers Cameroon 2021, the President of the Congolese Football Association, Engineer Constant Omari Selemani, sang his swansong. The former CAF’s 1st Vice-President, CAF ExCo Member, FIFA Council Member and CAF former Interim…

“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”. Following Ahmad Ahmad and Constant Omari Selemani era, here is the trio: Motsepe, Senghor and Yahya. Finally, Monsieur Infantino, your mayonnaise has gelled;…

Whether they had been in favourable or unfavourable position, applications by Ahmed Ould Yahya and Patrice Motsepe for the election to the position of CAF President could not be approved by FIFA unilaterally; bypassing powers of the Confederation of African Football authorities,…

Welcome to the vicious cycle of “I Love You, I Do Not” syndrome. In asserting their power, FIFA has steadfastly stood against government interference in FAs Administration across the world. They even threaten national teams with suspension because of interference by political…

It is always obvious that the search for a fair balance between two extremes never achieves the “break-even”, even if it remains essential in the humanization of relations at the level of decision-makers, and by extension, between men. The rejection of infantilizing…

Closing the gaps is not as easy as it may look like. After 7th President of the Confederation of African Football -CAF, Ahmad Ahmad was hastily banned by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), in November 2020, from holding any office…

 It is not a secret-of-polichinelle that Samoura would vow in silent fervour to avenge her removal as FIFA expert in secondment to CAF Headquarters. The CAF ExCo decided, early February 2020, unanimously to end a six months tenure period of the FIFA Secretary…

Two times in a row, Zambia failed to qualify to the Africa Cup of Nations. The country’s once-upon-a-time birth-right was unceremoniously taken away from the millions of the game’s adoring fans by an administration that could not make a successful plan to…

Ilunga Makabu won the vacant WBC cruiserweight belt with a unanimous 12-round points decision over Michal Cieslak in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday night.