African Paralympic Committee

The African Paralympic Committee or the African Sports Confederation of physically challenged persons is an organization based in Luanda, Angola. Its African membership is 48 National Paralympic Committees.[3]

African Paralympic Committee
FormationApril 2010[1]
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersLuanda, Angola
Membership
48 National Paralympic Committees
President
Samson Deen (2021-present)[2]
Websitehttp://www.africanparalympics.org/

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the National Paralympic Committee was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee is also given if it is different from the year in which the national committee was created.

NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
 Algeria ALG Algerian National Paralympic Committee [4]
 Angola ANG Comite Paralímpico Angolano [4]
 Benin BEN Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique
 Botswana BOT Paralympic Association of Botswana
 Burkina Faso BUR National Paralympic Committee Burkina Faso
 Burundi BDI Burundi Paralympic Committee
 Cameroon CMR Cameroonian National Paralympic Committee 2011 [5][6][7]
 Cape Verde CPV Comité Desportivo Caboverdiano para Deficientes
 Central African Republic CAF Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain
 Comoros COM National Paralympic Committee of Comoros - Suspended
 Republic of the Congo CGO Comité National Paralympique Congolais
 Côte d'Ivoire CIV Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques
 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD National Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Egypt EGY Egyptian Paralympic Committee
 Ethiopia ETH Ethiopian Paralympic Committee
 Gabon GAB Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées
 Gambia GAM Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled
 Ghana GHA National Paralympic Committee of Ghana
 Guinea GUI Guinea Paralympic Committee
 Guinea-Bissau GBS Guinea-Bissau Federation of Sports for the Disabled suspended
 Kenya KEN Kenya National Paralympic Committee
 Lesotho LES National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho
 Liberia LBR Liberia National Paralympic Committee
 Libya LBA Libyan Paralympic Committee
 Madagascar MAD Fédération Malagasy Handisport
 Malawi MWI Malawi Paralympic Committee
 Mali MLI National Paralympic Committee of Mali
 Mauritania MTN National Paralympic Committee of Mauritania Inactive [8]
 Mauritius MRI Mauritius National Paralympic Committee
 Morocco MAR Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
 Mozambique MOZ Paralympic Committee Mozambique
 Namibia NAM Namibia National Paralympic Committee
 Niger NIG Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques
 Nigeria NGR Nigeria Paralympic Committee
 Rwanda RWA National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda
 Sao Tome and Principe STP National Paralympic Committee of São Tomé e Principe
 Senegal SEN Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais
 Seychelles SEY Paralympic Association of Seychelles - Suspended
 Sierra Leone SLE Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee [8]
 Somalia SOM Somali Paralympic Committee [8]
 South Africa RSA South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee 1991
 Sudan SUD Sudan National Paralympic Committee - Suspended
 Tanzania TAN Tanzania Paralympic Committee
 Togo TOG Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees
 Tunisia TUN Tunisian Paralympic Committee 1990
 Uganda UGA Uganda National Paralympic Committee
 Zambia ZAM National Paralympic Committee of Zambia 2005
 Zimbabwe ZIM Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee 2010

Events

African Para Games hosts all Africa's para-athletes for a series of games. The first of its kind was hosted in Accra, Ghana from September 4 to 12, 2023.[9] [10]It hosted participants from 22 African countries.

See also

References
  1. Pan-African and paralympic games top agenda of meeting, portalangop.co.ao, February 8, 2011
  2. Samson Deen elected African Paralympic Committee President,
  3. Constitution Archived 2004-09-04 at archive.today, ascod.org
  4. National Paralympic Committees - African Region Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, ascod.org
  5. "Notre Organisation - International Paralympic Committee". Comité National Paralympique Camerounais (in French). 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  6. "Cameroun : élection du président du comité national paralympique-Le Quotidien du Peuple en ligne". People's Daily (China) (in French). August 23, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  7. "Quatre nouvelles fédérations sportives bientôt au Cameroun" (in French). 237online.com. March 18, 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  8. "National Paralympic Committees - Africa". International Paralympic Committee. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  9. Ofei, Gabby (2023-07-21). "Ghana 'very ready' to host the first-ever African Para Games – Samson Deen". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  10. "African Para Games to ignite spirit of unity, inspiration". Graphic Online. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.


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