{"id":5040,"date":"2025-05-19T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:30:01","slug":"algeria-hosts-preparatory-meetings-for-the-inaugural-african-school-games-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=5040","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Hosts Preparatory Meetings for the Inaugural African School Games 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Coverage by: Al-Wadi Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Algerian capital, Algiers, witnessed the launch of the <strong>Chef de Mission (CDM)<\/strong> meetings on <strong>Monday, 19 May 2025<\/strong>, in preparation for the <strong>first edition of the African School Games<\/strong>, scheduled to take place in Algeria this coming <strong>July<\/strong>. The meetings will continue through <strong>20 May<\/strong>, with broad participation from representatives of African nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" data-id=\"5043\" src=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0632\u0627\u0626\u0631-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the official delegations was <strong>South Sudan\u2019s delegation<\/strong>, led by <strong>Mr. Paul Puk Kon<\/strong>, Acting Secretary-General of the South Sudan National Olympic Committee (SSNOC), and <strong>Mr. Francis Idris<\/strong>, Deputy Executive Director, who joined other African officials in shaping this historic continental sports event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural edition of the African School Games will feature competitions in <strong>25 sporting disciplines<\/strong>, including several key Olympic sports such as <strong>athletics, swimming, judo, taekwondo, beach volleyball, 3&#215;3 basketball, football, and skateboarding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a move to ensure regional representation in football, each of the <strong>seven zones under the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ACNOA)<\/strong> will be permitted to qualify <strong>two national teams (male and female)<\/strong>, fostering competitive spirit and inclusivity across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his opening address, <strong>Mr. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum<\/strong>, President of the <strong>Confederation of African Olympic Sports (CASOL)<\/strong>, stressed the importance of finalizing the <strong>technical regulations for each sport<\/strong> within the scheduled timeframe. He emphasized that adherence to these regulations is fundamental to ensuring the smooth and successful organization of the competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These games are poised to serve as a <strong>crucial platform for discovering emerging athletic talent<\/strong> across Africa and as a <strong>space to promote Olympic values among youth<\/strong>, aligning with the continent\u2019s aspirations for a vibrant and promising sporting future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coverage by: Al-Wadi Newspaper The Algerian capital, Algiers, witnessed the launch of the Chef de Mission (CDM) meetings on Monday, 19 May 2025, in preparation for the first edition of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5045,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions\/5045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}