{"id":426116,"date":"2011-05-18T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/africa-caf-disbands-wafu\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:24:17","slug":"africa-caf-disbands-wafu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/africa-caf-disbands-wafu\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: CAF Disbands WAFU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.7619047619\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.champion.com.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/dailychampion180.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Champion (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Daily Champion (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>18 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football have disbanded the West African Football Union and split it into two separate zones. CAF explained that the decision was taken after &#8220;considering the organizational issues facing WAFU&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Western Zone A comprises of Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone while Western Zone B has Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo.<\/p>\n<p>WAFU has been a long history of discord, coming to a head three years ago when CAF and Fifa Executive committee members Amos Adamu and Jacques Anouma were locked in a bitter battle for control of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu eventually won, but was banned for three years from all football activity by FIFA over vote-buying claims for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu is appealing the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi was appointed Interim President of WAFU in Adamu&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s WAFU Cup tournament was hit by organisational problems, with three out of the eight countries pulling out.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105180535.html\" title=\"Africa: CAF Disbands WAFU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa: CAF Disbands WAFU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 May 2011 The Confederation of African Football have disbanded the West African Football Union and split it into two separate zones. 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