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Why Has Africa Never Had a FIFA President? An investigative documentary into the history, politics and power structures that have kept the world's biggest football continent from occupying football's most powerful office. Imagine a continent producing some of the world's greatest footballers, filling stadiums with millions of passionate supporters and supplying an enormous share of the game's global talent yet never producing a permanent president of FIFA. It is one of football's most striking contradictions. Since FIFA was founded in Paris in 1904, every permanent president has come from outside Africa. The organisation began with seven European members : Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. South Africa did not join until 1910, while Egypt became the longest-serving African member after joining in 1923. More than a century later, Africa has 54 FIFA member associations . Yet the continent has never had one of its own ...

  P-Square: The Family War That Broke Africa’s Famous Twin Duo — From Global Stardom to a Bitter Legal Battle There was a time when the Okoye brothers appeared almost inseparable. Peter and Paul Okoye were not merely musicians; as P-Square, they were a cultural phenomenon. They were identical twins who danced together, sang together, and conquered African music together. Behind them stood their elder brother, Jude Okoye "the manager who helped turn the family act into a formidable entertainment empire". Then something broke. What once looked like an extraordinary example of family unity gradually became one of Nigeria’s most painful entertainment sagas. Arguments over management, creative control, and money eventually spilled into public view. The twins separated. They built individual careers. They reunited. Then they broke apart again. Today, what began as a family and business disagreement has moved into the courtroom. The P-Square story is no longer simpl...