The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current
Africa Games. The first games was hosted by
Rabat,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
.
This international sportive event has been created by
Lassana Palenfo
Lassana Palenfo (born January 25, 1941 in Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian military general. He has held various offices in several international sporting organisations. He was the director of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ( ...
, current director of the
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; french: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, ar, رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an internati ...
. The idea came in 2006, but the first African Youth Games only occurred in 2010.
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See also
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African Games
The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (A ...
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Tunisia at the 2010 African Youth Games
References
External links
Support Gaborone 2014 games– ''Botswana Daily News''
{{Multi-sport events
African international sports competitions
Quadrennial sporting events
Multi-sport events in Africa
Recurring sporting events established in 2010
2010 establishments in Africa
Youth multi-sport events