All change in Africa as Ahmad sweeps Hayatou from power after 29 years
March 16, 2017
Ahmad Ahmad's victory brings to an end Issa Hayatou's 29-year stranglehold on African football.
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As election time beckons, Hayatou’s dominance of African football could soon be over
March 15, 2017
Issa Hayatou has dominated African football politics for almost 30 years, but his days as president of CAF could be over tomorrow.
Sleepwalking towards the status quo in Africa and FIFA
February 11, 2013
Issa Hayatou likes his sleep. The Cameroonian president of African football nodded off while watching South Africa play Angola at the Nations Cup and is noted by his FIFA exco colleagues for taking ‘time out’ in meetings.
Issa Hayatou: the man who would be king
November 4, 2012
Visibly ageing and increasingly ill but still the consummate politician, Issa Hayatou has secured himself a further term at the helm of African football which will take his reign as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president to close on three decades.