Confederation of African Football’s secretary general Hicham El Amrani has resigned from his position. The resignation follows two weeks after president Issa Hayatou was ousted from power following defeat to Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad in the presidential elections.
In a letter to CAF, El Amrani said he would be leaving the organisation, but gave no reason for his decision after serving as secretary general for the last six years. A fortnight ago, Hayatou was deposed as CAF president at elections in Ethiopia, where six of his allies on the body’s executive committee also lost their positions. Meanwhile, CAF’s new president, Ahmad, chaired a meeting with his staff at the African football body’s headquarters in Cairo yesterday. It is reported that during the meeting, the new president announced he had accepted the Moroccan’s resignation.