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World Sport Lovers  awaits All-Africa Games

Host city	Republic of the Congo Brazzaville
Nations participating	54 (projected)
Events	22
Opening ceremony	4 September 2015
Closing ceremony	19 September 2015
Main venue	New Kintele Stadium
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The 11th African Games are scheduled for September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Congo.This edition marks the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965.

Host Awarding

Ghana, Kenya and Congo all showed interest in bidding for the 11th edition of the Games. On September 14, 2011, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa awarded the rights to Brazzaville to host.

Participating nations

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo (host)
• Ivory Coast
• Djibouti
• DR Congo
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sahrawi Republic
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Sports

22 separate sports have been announced for the 2015 African Games, and two additional disability sports (Athletics and Swimming):^[5]

• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Beach Soccer
• Beach Volleyball
• Boxing
• Cycling
• Fencing
• Football
• Handball
• Judo
• Traditional Karate
• Karate
• Pétanque
• Rugby
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling