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CAF Rises To 55, Zanzibar, latest Member

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The number of countries in the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has increased by one. This is sequel to the admission of Zanzibar as a full member. This brings CAF affiliates to 55.

Zanzibar is a chain of islands (archipelago) in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. Mitchell Obi in the AU Hall reports that the Tanzania FA chairman, Jamal Malinz, made spirited efforts to convince delegates to admit Zanzibar as full member of both CAF and FIFA.

It had been an associate member in the past. The proposal got full acclamation of the delegates.  The Zanzibar FA president, Ravia Idarus Fana, thanked the delegates for the acceptance into the CAF family.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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