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Motsepe's AFCON four-year-cycle U-turn meets opposition within CAF
October 13, 2026 at 08:06 PM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
CAF president Patrice Motsepe has reversed his decision to hold the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, drawing opposition from two executive committee members.
- Motsepe announced the proposed return to a biennial Africa Cup of Nations last week, reversing the four-year cycle approved ten months earlier.
- Mauritanian federation president Ahmed Ould Yahya and Djibouti's Souleiman Waberi voted against the change during CAF executive committee discussions.
- CAF is expected to confirm the biennial cycle at its executive committee meeting in Abidjan next month.
- Motsepe confirmed he will not stand for re-election when his term expires in 2029.