🔴 Revealing the list of referees for the African Nations Championship (photo)

AFCON 04 January 2025 at 03:41

Mohamed Rek

News Editor

The eyes of football fans across the African continent will turn on February 1st to the African Nations Championship (CHAN 2024), which will be hosted across three countries—Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania—serving as a dress rehearsal for the trio ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco’s national team tops the list of clubs with the most CHAN titles, boasting two championships, while Tunisia, Senegal, Libya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have each lifted the trophy once.

The African Football Confederation (CAF) has unveiled the list of referees appointed to officiate at CHAN. Here they are:

Main referees:

Adissa Abdoul Rafiou Ligali (Benin)

Ouattara Jean (Burkina Faso)

Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

Jesse Ofed Nolio Messi (Congo)

Kfan Clément Franklin (Ivory Coast)

Matala Kabanga Yannick (DR Congo)

Ahmed Naji Moussa Mahmoud (Egypt)

Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)

Jamieh Lamin N (Gambia)

Nyangui Dickens Misamo (Kenya)

Ahmed Abdelrazak (Libya)

Rakotovao Andofetra (Madagascar)

Diakhate Ousmane (Mali)

Melazar Patrice (Mauritius)

Mostafa Kachaf (Morocco)

Abdelsalam Kasimu Abiola (Nigeria)

Diouf Adalbert (Senegal)

Gilly Alfred Tshavani (South Africa)

Ahmed Arajeega (Tanzania)

Aklesso Djena (Togo)

Mehrez El Maleki (Tunisia)

Lucky Razak Kasiloire (Uganda)

Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Celso Armindo Alafaco (Mozambique)

Twiyaroyifoka Antsino (Namibia)

Amdomi Vicentia (Togo)

Assistant referees:

Hamza Bouzit (Algeria)

Nguila Guilain Bongeli (DR Congo)

Lucky Kegakologetse (Botswana)

Sano Habib Judicaël Omar (Burkina Faso)

Emery Niyongabo (Burundi)

Rodrigue Meyang Mebili (Cameroon)

Amaldine Souleiman (Comoros)

Malondi Chani Yannis (Congo)

Fasika Biru Yehulashet (Ethiopia)

Jawara Abdoulaziz (Gambia)

Adi Roland Nii Dodoo (Ghana)

Mwangi Samuel Korea (Kenya)

Joel Wonka Doe (Liberia)

Deba Hamdin (Mauritania)

Nassiri Hamza (Morocco)

Yakoub Abdelaziz (Niger)

Dio Doné Mutuyimana (Rwanda)

Omar Hamid Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan)

Komba John Frank (Tanzania)

Wael Al-Hannashi (Tunisia)

Ronald Katinya (Uganda)

Fomo Karine Atimzabong (Cameroon)

Kon Fanta Idrissa (Mali)

Fatiha Jermouni (Morocco)

Diana Shikotesha (Zambia)

VAR referees:

Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

Lahlu Ben Brahim (Algeria)

Leticia Viana (Eswatini)

Achi Pierre Ghislain (Gabon)

Daniel Nii Ayi Laria (Ghana)

Waweru Peter (Kenya)

Obaher Bida (Mauritania)

Maria Sinkela Pakita Rivette (Mauritius)

Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)

Salma Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Issa Sy (Senegal)

Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Haitham Qirat (Tunisia)