then, in april 2022, mounguengui was re—elected as president of fegafoot.uengui should have been suspended before the re—election took place. on balance, the severity of the alleged cover—up should have triggered an automatic suspension, temporary suspension, before the election. almost three weeks after his re—election, mounguengui was arrested by gabonese authorities on the charge of failing to report crimes of paedophilia. i believe that when it comes to mr mounguengui's responsibility, you can look at it in two ways. either he's incompetent because he should know what's happening in gabonese football as president of the federation, or he's guilty of having covered years of abuse for not acting after having received serious reports of what was happening. with the president of fegafoot in prison, all eyes were on fifa. its child safeguarding policy states... i think it's a messed—up situation. some of the key people are still in place and still have a lot of power. instead of sanctioning mounguengui following his arrest, the confederation of african footb

caf's secretary general has defended the decision to not impose sanctions on mounguengui.ou are sanctioned," how tough can sanctions be? but witnesses say no meaningful child protection measures have been put in place, and both caf and fifa have come under criticism for failing to act. caf, and/or fifa, they have no obligation to wait for a state decision before they sanction someone for violations of disciplinary codes and codes of ethics. the bbc believes all suspensions of those arrested have now lapsed. pierre alain mounguengui, fgft, fifa, and caf deny all the allegations made against them. it's almost time to say goodbye to our international audiences, and i wanted to add that this will also be 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

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