According to a NAN report, Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar has been elected as the new CAF president, unseating long-serving predecessor Issa Hayatou.

Ahmed garnered 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20 votes at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Cameroonian Hayatou, who had been in power since 1988, was seeking an eighth four-year term.

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