{"id":57850,"date":"2026-05-01T23:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57850"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:45:59","slug":"all-african-nations-back-infantino-for-another-fifa-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/05\/01\/all-african-nations-back-infantino-for-another-fifa-term\/","title":{"rendered":"All African nations back Infantino for another FIFA term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>All 54 African football associations have thrown their full support behind Gianni Infantino for another term as FIFA president, in a strong show of unity from the continent ahead of the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was reached during a high-level meeting convened by Patrice Motsepe on the sidelines of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, CAF confirmed that its entire membership had unanimously agreed to back Infantino for the 2027\u20132031 term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe held a meeting on Wednesday 29 April 2026, in Vancouver Canada on the eve of the 76 FIFA Congress with the 54 CAF Member Associations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The CAF Member Associations unanimously agreed to support Gianni Infantino to be re-elected as President of FIFA for the period 2027\u20132031,\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement reinforces Infantino\u2019s strong backing within African football.<\/p>\n<p>The next FIFA presidential election is scheduled to be held on March 18, 2027, in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The post All African nations back Infantino for another FIFA term appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#African #nations #Infantino #FIFA #term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All 54 African football associations have thrown their full support behind Gianni Infantino for another term as FIFA president, in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[301,286,9706,552,2136],"class_list":["post-57850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-african","tag-fifa","tag-infantino","tag-nations","tag-term"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57851,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57850\/revisions\/57851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}