The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has selected eight referees from the CECAFA Zone to officiate at the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2024.

Kenya’s Josephine Wanjiku and Shamirah Nabadda are among the 18 centre referees selected for the tournament that takes place from July 5-26 in Morocco.

CAF announced on Thursday names of the 18 referees, 18 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees (VAR) from 30 different countries on the continent.

Apart from Wanjikuri and Nabadda (also officiated 2025 AFCON U-20), the other referees selected include Aline Umutoni (Rwanda) and Suavis Iratunga (Burundi).

The CECAFA Zone will have two Assistant Referees Alice Umutesi (Rwanda) and Burundi’s Fides Bangourabona, while Salima Rhadia Mukansanga (Rwanda) and Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed (Sudan) are selected as VAR referees.

Tanzania are the only team from the CECAFA Zone that qualified to play in the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025.

Group A: Morocco, Zambia, Senegal, DR Congo

Group B: Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria, Botswana

Group C: South Africa, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania

The CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship 2025 will now kick-off on June 13^th at the Azam Complex in Tanzania.

“We have had to push the kick-off by a day as the South Sudan team because of some challenges can only arrive on Wednesday,” says Yusuf Mossi, the Competitions Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).

He made it clear that the opening match between defending champions Uganda and Burundi, and Tanzania against South Sudan will now take place on Friday.

“The teams from Burundi and Uganda have already arrived in Dar es Salaam, while Kenya is expected on Wednesday night,” added Mossi.

“The competition with help our representatives to the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania prepare better and the other teams to get more exposure,” says Mossi.

The Championship that will feature five teams playing on a round robin format will now have matches played from June 13-21^st. Uganda emerged champions when the Championship was last held in 2022.

After the Women’s Senior Championship, the inaugural CECAFA Beach Soccer Championship will take place July 7-12th in Mombasa, Kenya.

Yei Joint Stars FC have been crowned champions of the 2024/2025 South Sudan Women’s Super League.

The Yei Joint Stars team defeated Wajuma FC 2-0 in their last League match played at the Juba National Stadium on Saturday.

Damalie Matama and Lillian Mutuuza netted the goals to ensure Yei Joint Stars completed the League unbeaten.

Yei Joint Stars completed with 30 points winning all the ten matches, while El-Merriekh Juba finished second with 23 points.

Yei Joint Stars FC will represent South Sudan in the TotalEnegies CAf Women’s Champions League CECAFA Zonal qualifiers.

Ethiopian coach Asefa Firew Hailegebreal has guided Kampala Queens FC to the 2024/25 FUFA Women Super League title.

The former head coach of Ethiopia’s national women’s team told cecafaonline.com that he is very happy to guide Kampala Queens FC to recapture the title.

Kampala Queens FC were officially crowned champions after their last League match that ended 1-1 against She Maroons at the Phillip Omondi Stadium on Tuesday.

Hailegebreal’s team finished top with 49 points from 22 matches played. They won 14 matches, settled for seven draws and lost only one match. The 2023/2024 champions Kawempe Muslims FC settled for second place with 45 points.

“It has been hard work since I joined the team late last year. I am very happy that the players have worked so hard and we have been able to achieve this as a team,” says Hailegebreal.

He made it clear that there is still a lot of work to be done so that the team prepares well ahead of the new season and also be in good shape for the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers.

“We need to prepare a must stronger team that can also compete strongly at the continental stage,” added Hailegebreal.

Kampala Queens FC formed in 2016 had previously lifted the 2022/2023 FUFA Women Super League title.