By Victor Kanayo
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced the match officials for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024, to be staged from 5-26 July.
According to CAF via a statement, a total of 46 referees, assistant referees and video assistant referees (VAR) will be part of the prestigious continental finals, with Africa’s top female officials chosen for the tournament.
It is a record number of match officials, beating the previous best mark of 40 that took part in the 2022 finals.
There will be 18 referees, 18 assistant referees and 10 VAR operators from 30 different countries on the continent, with hosts Morocco (5) supplying the greatest number.
That includes Bouchra Karboubi, who officiated at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d’Ivoire 2023, and the Paris Olympic Games.
Salima Mukansanga, who was in charge of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 final, is among the accredited VAR officials.
Full List
Referees and Countries of Origin
1. Twanyanyukwa Antsino – Namibia
2. Bouchra Karboubi – Morocco
3. Aline Umutoni – Rwanda
4. Amedome Vincentia – Togo
5. Ganouati Dorsaf – Tunisia
6. Ghada Mehat – Algeria
7. Akissi Konan Natacha Gerardine – Côte d’Ivoire
8. Shahenda Saad Ali Elmaghrabi – Egypt
9. Shamirah Nabadda – Uganda
10. Akhona Makalima – South Africa
11. Samassa Yacine – Mauritania
12. Suavis Iratunga – Burundi
13. Sadir Sabah – Morocco
14. Josephine Wanjiku – Kenya
15. Aline Guimbang Etong – Cameroon
16. Eunice Akintoye Yemisi – Nigeria
17. Awa Alphonsine O. Ilboudo – Burkina Faso
18. Aminata Fullah – Sierra Leone
Assistant Referees and Countries of Origin
1. Diana Chikotesha – Zambia
2. Fathia Jermoumi – Morocco
3. Alice Umutesi – Rwanda
4. Yekini Nafissatou Shitou – Benin
5. Afine Houda – Tunisia
6. Ouahab Asma Feriel – Algeria
7. Tabara Mbodji – Senegal
8. Yara Atef – Egypt
9. Kourouma Mahawa – Guinea
10. Atezambong Fomo Carine – Cameroon
11. Mariem Chedad – Mauritania
12. Fides Bangourabona – Burundi
13. Ishsane Nouajli – Morocco
14. Sakina Hamidou Alfa – Niger
15. Fanta Idrissa Koné – Mali
16. Kanjinga Mireille – DRC
17. Nancy Kasitu – Zambia
18. Hannah Lydia Moses – Liberia
Video Assistant Referees and Countries of Origin
1. Maria Rivet – Morocco
2. Letticia Viana – Eswatini
3. Salima Rhadia Mukansanga – Rwanda
4. Lahlou Benbraham – Algeria
5. Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed – Sudan
6. Babacar Sarr – Mauritania
7. Ghislain Pierre Atcho – Gabon
8. Daniel Lareya – Ghana
9. Abdulrazg Ahmed – Libya
10. Haggag Hossam – Egypt
