They suspended qualifying match in Africa due to coup

The African Football Confederation (CAF) y la FIFA They decided to suspend the game they were going to play in Guinea and Morocco for the World Cup Qualifiers to be played in Qatar in 2022. The meeting was scheduled for Monday and was to be played at Conakri, But because of “the current political and security situationThe authorities have chosen to cancel the sporting event, given that the African state is going through a complex context after the arrest of the president of the nation by the military.

In a press release, CAF, based in Cairo, he said that “To ensure the safety of all players and protect all match officials, FIFA and CAF have decided to postpone“The qualifying match between Guinea and Morocco, which was scheduled for Monday in the Guinean capital.

“The current political and security situation in Guinea is quite volatile and is closely monitored by FIFA and CAF“, said the agency in a brief statement, without specifying when the match will be played.

The document was released after the President of Guinea-Conakry, Alpha Condé, was arrested on Sunday by soldiers of the Army Special Forces GroupAccording to the commander of this corps of elite, colonel Mamady Doumbouya.

In an apparent coup, the Colonel also announced today, in a social media video picked up by local media, that the military agreed to “dissolve the current constitution” and the government.

After spending a few hours in “safety”, the players who made up the Moroccan delegation “embarked and went to Morocco thanks to the efforts of His Majesty the King (Mohammed VI) ”, said an official of the Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Mohamed makrouf.

The coup plotters released a video of the president Condé under arrest. In it it was observed how they asked him if he had been mistreated and Alpha Condé, dressed in jeans and a shirt, sitting on a sofa, he refused to answer.

For its part, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement that “the insurgents had sowed fear” to Conakry before taking control of the presidential palace but that “the presidential guard, supported by the loyal and republican defense and security forces, stopped the threat and pushed back the attacking group”.

For months, this West African country, one of the poorest in the world despite its considerable mineral and water resources, has been living a deep political and economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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