Mophamed Moursi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mophamed-moursi/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 20 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mophamed Moursi Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mophamed-moursi/ 32 32 Egypt to keep the lied on demonstrations during Afcon https://jjcornish.com/2019/06/egypt-to-keep-the-lied-on-demonstrations-during-afcon/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/06/egypt-to-keep-the-lied-on-demonstrations-during-afcon/ Seeking to make the most of being second choice host of the Africa Cup of Nations that kicks off today, the government of Abdel Fattah El Sisi will keep a tight rein on any opposition bid to protest against the death in detention of the Mohamed Moursi whom he overthrew in a coup six years […]

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]]> Seeking to make the most of being second choice host of the Africa Cup of Nations that kicks off today, the government of Abdel Fattah El Sisi will keep a tight rein on any opposition bid to protest against the death in detention of the Mohamed Moursi whom he overthrew in a coup six years ago.

Nevertheless off-the-field trouble continues to trouble the corruption-prone continental football body.

The international body governing football FIFA will take control of the Confederation of Africa Football following the detention and release of CAF boss Ahmad in France earlier this month.

FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura will become the General Delegate for Africa while retaining her FIFA position.

The AFCON competition will go ahead as planned in Egypt which stepped in when security concerns forced the body to pull the plug on the original host Cameroon.

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