The general secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) says he has decided to “step down”, an announcement that comes amid a chaotic time for football on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veron Mosengo-Omba said in a statement he was retiring, but his departure coincideswith the fallout over decisions to strip Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title<\/a> and postpone the women’s tournament at the last minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These incidents have left Caf, the governing body for African football, battling a crisis of confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosengo-Omba alluded to controversies faced during his tenure in his statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I have decided to step down from my position as Secretary General of CAF to devote myself to more personal projects,” wrote Mosengo-Omba, deputy to Caf president Patrice Motsepe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind and without constraint, leaving the CAF more prosperous than ever.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 66-year-old has been criticised for staying on as general secretary past the organisation’s mandatory retirement age of 63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He has also been accused by some employees of creating a toxic atmosphere in the workplace, although an investigation after staff complaints cleared him of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mosengo-Omba, who hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo but also holds Swiss nationality, was appointed general secretary in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to news agency Reuters, Caf’s competitions director, Samson Adamu, will take over as acting general secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The governing body is awaiting a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Senegal’s appeal against being stripped of the Afcon title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senegal is challenging Caf’s appeals body for overturning their 1-0 win over hosts Morocco in January’s Afcon final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the game, Senegal’s players left the field in protest when, with the score at 0-0, hosts Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When they returned after a delay of about 17 minutes, Morocco subsequently failed to score the spot-kick and Senegal netted an extra-time winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following an appeal by the Moroccan FA (FRMF), Caf later ruled that Senegal had forfeited the match and Morocco were awarded a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The general secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) says he has decided to “step down”, an announcement that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8fe83090-2b76-11f1-915e-076b1d4be1dd.jpg.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13110,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/afcon-2025-qualifier-caf-awards-three-points-to-nigeria-fines-libya-50000\/","url_meta":{"origin":16797,"position":0},"title":"AFCON 2025 Qualifier: CAF Awards Three Points To Nigeria, Fines Libya $50,000","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"CAF has decided to award Nigeria 3 points and 3 goals after a ruling by the disciplinary board. 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