French officials question CAF president

Ahmad had been reported to FIFA’s ethics committee for alleged corruption and sexual harassment
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President of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad looks on during a press conference after an extraordinary meeting with CAF executives at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on November 30, 2018. - Cameroon was on November 30, 2018 stripped of hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays in preparing for the continental showpiece, organisers the Confederation of African Football announced. South Africa and Morocco are two frontline contenders to step in as hosts on place of the Cameroon, who won the last edition in 2017 in Gabon. (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP)

Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad was being questioned by French authorities in Paris on Thursday morning, world football’s governing body FIFA said.

Ahmad, a former Malagasy cabinet minister, had been reported last month to FIFA’s ethics committee for alleged corruption and sexual harassment by CAF general secretary Amr Fahmy, who was then fired.

Among the allegations are claims Ahmad forced CAF to buy sportswear through a French company rather than directly from manufacturers and at inflated prices.

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“FIFA is unaware of the details surrounding this investigation and is therefore not in a position to make any comment on it specifically,” FIFA said in a statement. 

“FIFA is asking the French authorities for any information that might be relevant to investigations taking place within its Ethics Committee.”

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