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Caf not expecting Samoura favours
- Updated: May 23, 2016
Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has previously worked for the UN and in the private sector
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) says it is not expecting any favours from Fifa’s new secretary general, Fatma Samoura of Senegal.
Samoura became the first African to ever be handed the post nine days ago.
“She’s the secretary general of Fifa, the world body, not Africa,” Caf’s Hicham El Amrani told BBC Sport.
“Even if her origin does play a role in her understanding the environments or the different mechanics between nations or confederations.”
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The Confederation of African Football is not expecting any special treatment from Fifa’s new secretary general, Fatma Samoura.
Nonetheless, El Amrani believes Samoura’s roots and extensive work across Africa – having operated in Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea, Madagascar and Nigeria for the United Nations …
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