CAF Elections: Follow live updates here
The 43rd Ordinary and Elective General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football is currently holding in Rabat, Morocco.
It is particulary momentous as South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe is expected to be crowned as the new President of the body today.
Also, Nigeria’s Amaju Pinnick will battle it out with other contestants for one of the seats on the FIFA Council committee.
The agenda for the election is here.
You can follow all the up-to-the-minute blow-by-blow account of the voting, including for Pinnick’s election, from Rabat.
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15:02
13:12 – Counting in progress
13:11 – After sorting, counting is next
13:10 – Voting ends. Sorting of the ballot papers next
13:07 – Zambia and Zimbabwe take their turns
13:04 – Tanzania, Togo and Tunisia vote
13:01 – Sudan and South Sudan, now voting
13:00 – Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Somalia are next
12:55 – Rwanda and Sao Tome vote
12: 54: DR Congo is next followed by Central African Republic
12:53 – Nigeria votes through the NFF Secretary General Dr Mohammed Sanusi
12:51 – Nambia and Niger voting now
12:49 – Mauritius, Mauritania (country of immediate past President Ahmad Ahmad) and Mozambique go next
12:47 – Mali and Morocco have voted
12:45 – Madagascar and Malawi are next
12:43 – While observing all Covid-19 protocols, the Scrutineers are asking each voting delegate to remove their facemasks for proper identification
12:41 – Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia and Libya go next
12:39 – Guinea, followed by Equitorial Guinea, next
12:37 – Ghana votes
12:35 – Gabon, followed by Gambia, voting now
12:34 – Each delegate is given two ballots, one for the FIFA Council elections and the other for CAF Executive Committee (South)
12:33 – Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, votes next
12:31- Congo is next
12:30 – Candidates are being called alphabetically
12:30 – Cape Verde voting
12:28 – The delegate from Cameroon is at the polling booth
12:26 – Voting now in progress
