While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing his position, among other violations of the organization’s Code of Ethics. The committee said that the CAF president was found guilty of breaching several articles of the 2020 and 2018 editions of the FIFA Code of Ethics. He also breached Article 28 related to the misappropriation of funds of the 2018 edition of the FIFA Code of Ethics. FIFA said the committee informed Ahmad Ahmad of the decision on November 23, the date the ban comes into force.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2020 16:07 UTC