CAF Declines To Renew FIFA SG Fatma Samoura’s Mandate
By Elite Reporter
The Confederation of African Football associations (CAF) Executive Committee has voted not to renew the mandate of FIFA's secretary general Fatma Samoura, who had been working as General Delegate for Africa for the past six months.
Samoura was given the role from 1 August 2019 by football's world body following a reported request by CAF.
FIFA confirmed that Samoura's mandate had come to an end on 1 February 2020 and that the global body's six-month mission in Africa had been "completed successfully."
At its Executive Committee meeting in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday, CAF's members also agreed to analyse FIFA's set of findings, recommendations and proposals.
On Saturday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino spoke to CAF members at a seminar in Morocco on the develop...