Alone on thirty-four. Alone for a whole country. From 18 to 23 November 2026 in Cairo, among the 35 central elite arbitrators summoned for the chicken phases of the Champions League and Confederation Cup, the CAF will validate only one name: Pacific Ndabihawenimana. A historic consecration at the dawn of a revolution, the VAR, of which it will witness without being the actor.
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Alone on thirty-four. Alone for a whole country. From 18 to 23 November 2026 in Cairo, among the 35 central elite arbitrators summoned for the chicken phases of the Champions League and Confederation Cup, the CAF will validate only one name: Pacific Ndabihawenimana. A historic consecration at the dawn of a revolution, the VAR, of which it will witness without being the actor.