"Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind." That's how Véron Mosengo-Omba chose to close his chapter at the Confederation of African Football — not quietly, but with a pointed final word.
The Swiss-Congolese official confirmed Sunday he is stepping down as CAF general secretary after five years, citing a desire to pursue "more personal projects." Nigeria's Samson Adamu has been named acting general secretary, with the Nigerian Football Federation confirming the transition.
The shadow of an investigation
Mosengo-Omba's tenure wasn't straightforward. He faced allegations of financial wrongdoing serious enough to trigger scrutiny from the Swiss Public Prosecutor's Office — not a minor procedural matter. In January 2025, that office closed its investigation, finding no facts or legal basis to proceed.
His exit statement reads like a man who felt he had something to prove before leaving. Whether that framing holds up to scrutiny inside CAF's corridors is another question entirely.
He arrived at CAF in 2021 having left FIFA, where he was a close ally of president Gianni Infantino — the two are university friends who moved together from UEFA to FIFA in 2016. That network gave him significant institutional weight. Adamu steps into a role that carries both administrative heft and political exposure.
Women's AFCON back on track in Morocco
CAF president Patrice Motsepe used the executive committee meeting in Cairo — the same gathering that confirmed Mosengo-Omba's departure — to lock in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations schedule. Morocco will host the tournament from July 25 to August 16, after it was pulled from its original March 17–April 3 slot at short notice.
A last-minute postponement of a major continental tournament doesn't inspire confidence in planning, and any operator pricing outright markets on WAFCON had to recalibrate twice already. With dates now confirmed, expect the market to stabilise.
For CAF itself, the bigger question is what Adamu's appointment signals — caretaker stability, or the beginning of a longer-term realignment at the top of African football's administration.
