Sports:A black woman refereeing at THE 2022 ACN FOOTBALL GAME

THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL HAS ENTRUSTED THE CENTRAL REFEREEING OF THE AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS MATCH TO A WOMAN. SALIMA RHADIA MUKANSANGA BRILLIANTLY BROKE THE GLASS CEILING! A FIRST FOR THE CONTINENT…

Henry Kitsa

Rwandan referee, Salima Rhadia Mukansanga, made world football history on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. She became the first woman to referee a match in the final round of the African Cup of Nations (ACN). It was during the last event in Cameroon. The 33-year-old talent was in charge of the match between Zimbabwe and Guinea, counting for the third day of Group B at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. She was notably assisted by three men. A quartet selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) which, like several other international organizations, is part of a group that promotes women. It must be said that at the beginning, she dreamed of making basketball her profession. But that was without knowing the difficulties she was going to encounter while…

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