The announced departure of Lamine Diack from the presidency of the IAAF is already worrying some African sports leaders. Harouna Bouramah, secretary general of the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of the Francophonie (CONFEJES), is one of them. “I have legitimate fears, because in addition to being a leader from the south, he is a French speaker who allows the French language to have the right to be used within the first Olympic discipline and in major competitions sports, explained the leader in an interview with the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). With his departure, there are fears that Africa will also lose development programs formerly funded by the IAAF. »
— Published on November 27, 2014
