Malan was in Gambia on Saturday for talks with the FA, which has harboured a major grudge against WAFU since the last-minute cancellation of a match last month.

WAFU called off the qualifier for its regional championship between Gambia and Burkina Faso, which was scheduled to be played in Banjul on April 8, the day before the game was due to kick off.

Financial losses

But the Gambian FA reacted furiously, complaining that it had incurred big losses after organising the game and accused WAFU of incompetence.

The GFA's secretary-general Jammeh Bojang said they could no longer work with Wafu and pulled the country out.

However, following discussions with the GFA on Saturday, Aka Malan said the matter has been resolved and a re-match would be held on a date yet to be decided.

"It was all a matter of misunderstanding - the game was postponed because of flight difficulties for Burkina Faso," the WAFU boss said.

Bojang confirmed the change of heart.

Bad start

"After going through the documentary evidence and reasons advanced by Aka, we are now convinced the matter was a simple misunderstanding and we are going back," he told the BBC.

The incident in April got the new regional competition off to a bad start.