Fifa suspends Cameroon from world football in fallout from arrested president's re-election The suspension could prevent Cameroon playing a key World Cup qualifier on Sept 6 against Libya, and affect club team Coton Sports resuming its African Champions League campaign on July 20. Fifa says its emergency committee imposed the provisional suspension on Thursday because of government interference in the federation (Fecafoot). The Cameroonian president of African football, Issa Hayatou, did not take part in the vote, Fifa says. Fifa says it will create an emergency panel to run Fecafoot and hold elections by March 31. Longstanding Fecafoot leader Mohammed Iya is being investigated for alleged mismanagement while in charge of the state-owned cotton company.