U-17 AFCON: Six Cecafa match officials appointed

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed 36 match officials including six from the CECAFA region to handle matches at the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

Morocco will host the Championship slated for March 14-31^st.

The three referees selected from the Council of East and central African Football Associations (CECAFA) include; William Oloya (Uganda), Mohammed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti) and Eritrea’s Tsegay Mogas Teklu.

Rwanda’s Dieudonne Mutuyimana, Mohamed Nour Abdi (Somalia) and Emery Niyongabo (Burundi) are the assistant referees selected from the CECAFA zone.

Uganda and Tanzania who will represent the CECAFA region at the Championship will join 10 other teams for the tournament that will start a day after the CAF General Assembly in Rabat.

The other teams that have so far qualified for the Championship include; Algeria, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Zambia and hosts Morocco. The competition that will decide the two teams that will represent the Central Zone is still on-going.

Centre Referees

Martin Lebalung Mokele (Lesotho), Patrice Milazara (Mauritius), Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia), William Oloya (Uganda), Raphou Adissa Abdoul Ligali (Benin), Mohamed Athoumani(Comoros), Jayed Jalel(Morocco), Sy El Hadji Amadou (Senegal), Franck Jeannot Bito (Cameroon), Gnama Aklesso(Togo), Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles), Arab Abderazzek (Algeria), Yannick Malala Kabanga(DR Congo), Hassen Corneh(Liberia), Mohammed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti), Quadri Adebimpe(Nigeria), Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea), Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Assistant Referees

Ngila Bongele Guylain (DR Congo), Ngoh Adou Herman (Cote d’ivoire), Andriatianarivelo Dimbiniana (Madagascar), De O Saches Lopes Ivanildo Meir(Angola), Helio Correia Semedo (Cape Verde), Mohammed Bakri (Tunisia), Omar Hamid Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan), Youssouf Mohammed Mahmoud (Mauritania), Abdoul Aziz Yacouba (Niger), Dos Reis Montenegro Ablmiro (Sao Tome and Principe), Naciri Hamza(Morocco), Mutuyimana Dieudonne(Rwanda), Mohamed Nour Abdi (Somalia), Emery Niyongabo (Burundi), Ndong Ayecaba Juan Carlos (Equatorial Guinea), Tawfik Teleb Ali Ahmed (Egypt), Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco), Fanta Idrisa Kone (Mali)