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1. A story on the new General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) caught my attention & triggered a fundamental question: Is there a convention in African football that North Africa holds a monopoly on this position at CAF?
1. A story on the new General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) caught my attention & triggered a fundamental question: Is there a convention in African football that North Africa holds a monopoly on this position at CAF?
2. I have observed that since 1961, the General Secretary role has been “shared” as follows:
1961-1982: Egyptian
1982-2010: Egyptian
2010-17: Moroccan
2017-19: Egyptian
2019- : Moroccan
It’s been either Egypt or Morocco, the rest settling for subordinate roles.
1961-1982: Egyptian
1982-2010: Egyptian
2010-17: Moroccan
2017-19: Egyptian
2019- : Moroccan
It’s been either Egypt or Morocco, the rest settling for subordinate roles.
3. In fact, it’s been a dynasty with the 3 Egyptians who have held the post being Grandfather, Son & Grandson respectively: 3 generations of the Fahmy clan. I see Egypt’s FA appears to have done a lot to support CAF early on. Could this be a source of continental indebtedness?
4. How is it that in a continent of more than a billion people 1 role is shared between so few? The irony is that CAF has fought valiantly for inclusiveness in world football and yet the same message doesn’t seem to appeal to itself.
5. Yes there can only be one CAF General Secretary at a time but the since inception pattern cannot be down to chance alone. To adapt a common adage, once might be regarded as chance & twice as coincidence, but three times? There’s a pattern!
