Guinea: president of the amateur football league resigns
More turmoil in Guinea as Louis Camara, president of the Amateur Football League, steps down
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Since Bouba Sampil was elected in January 2024, the Guinean Football Federation has been rocked by a series of controversies. On top of the legal cases being examined by the ethics committee following complaints aimed directly at the president, resignations, departures and splits within the Executive Committee have never let up.
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Add to that the Sily National's failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the rejection of the appeal sent to CAF over the defeat in Tanzania (editor's note: the federation has appealed), and the record after one year in office is a dismal one.
"An atmosphere of tension and division"
On 10 February, another official, Louis Camara, president of the Guinean Amateur Football League, decided to resign with immediate effect in a letter sent directly to Sampil. The document, seen by Sport News Africa, sets out the reasons for his departure:
"The successive crises have created an atmosphere of tension and division within our governing body. The mutual respect and trust that are essential to achieving convincing results we could be proud of have eroded. Many hopes have been dashed, and our compatriots' expectations have not been met."
These are arguments that other members of the Guinean Football Federation have already raised and voiced for a good year now...