pierre—alain mounguengui, fegafoot, fifa and caf deny all the allegations made against them.ons were made public, and fifa's ethics committee investigation is still ongoing. all parties condemn child abuse in the strongest possible terms. but in gabon, many are still waiting for both answers and action. and we can speak to khadidiatou cisse, who's in the newsroom. you said you talked to 30 witness, tell us more about the things they said were going on? me tell us more about the things they said were going on?— said were going on? we were told that sexual _ said were going on? we were told that sexual abuse _ said were going on? we were told that sexual abuse in _ said were going on? we were told that sexual abuse in gabon - said were going on? we were told l that sexual abuse in gabon football was pretty much common knowledge, we were told pretty much everyone knew about it. this was a surprise, it is important to add social context, as we know, gabon is one of the biggest oil producers in sub—saharan africa but a third of the population lives under the poverty line and most

following the international revelations, pierre—alain mounguengui, fegafoot�*s president, was accusede to years of abuse. as the scandal broke, fifa trusted fegafoot to investigate its own people. critics say this left victims even more vulnerable. as the scandal broke, fifa trusted fegafoot to investigate its own people. critics say this left victims even more vulnerable. because the same people that may be accused are those calling the shots, especially when the coach, mr capello, has been employed by the federation. the only reason i can speak to you is because i am no longer in gabon. those who are still there cannot testify. their lives are in danger. they will be targeted afterwards. i know so many who have been abused or have been raped who will never testify. never. despite calls for his resignation, mounguengui remained in charge of fegafoot in the months that followed the arrest of coach capello and three others. then, in april 2022, mounguengui was re—elected as president of fegafoot. i believe that mr mounguengui should have been suspended before the re—election took place

pierre alain mounguengui, fgft, fifa, and caf deny all the allegations made against them.the last time i present on bbc news. i just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you. it has been an absolute privilege and honour to be able to share your stories. i will forever be grateful for the oportunities i've had to report on some of the most important stories of our times. i will always hold my time at the bbc with fondness and admiration for the exceptional people. thank you to my talented colleagues, for their support and collaboration over the years. thank you to all of you, and goodbye. back to business now. let's return to the hs2 high—speed rail project, because downing street is insisting that "no final decisions have been taken" on the future of the link. it says reports that prime minister rishi sunak has decided to scrap the birmingham to manchester leg of the high—speed rail link are "incorrect". let's go live to zoe billingham, the director of the ippr north — a centre—left think tank for the north of england. thank you so much forjoining us here on the pr