African Sports Confederation of Disabled

African Paralympic Committee

Formation	APC: April 2010[1]
Type	Sports federation
Membership	40 National Paralympic Committees
President	Leonel da Rocha Pinto (2010-present)[2]
Website	http://www.ascod.org/

The African Paralympic Committee (APC) or the African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD) is an organization based in Cairo, Egypt. Its African membership is 40 National Paralympic Committees.^[3]

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Algeria	ALG	Algerian National Paralympic Committee		[4]
Angola	ANG	Comite Paralimpico Angolano		[4]
Benin	BEN	Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique
Botswana	BOT	Paralympic Association of Botswana
Burkina Faso	BUR	National Paralympic Committee Burkina Faso
Burundi	BDI	Burundi Paralympic Committee
Cameroon	CMR	Cameroonian National Paralympic Committee	2011	[5][6][7]
Cape Verde	CPV	Comité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes
Central African Republic	CAF	Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain
Congo	CGO	Comité National Paralympique Congolais
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques
Egypt	EGY	Egyptian Paralympic Committee
Ethiopia	ETH	Ethiopian Paralympic Committee
Gabon	GAB	Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées
Gambia	GAM	Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled
Ghana	GHA	National Paralympic Committee of Ghana
Guinea	GUI	Guinea Paralympic Committee
Guinea-Bissau	GBS	Guinea-Bissau Federation of Sports for the Disabled suspended
Kenya	KEN	Kenya National Paralympic Committee
Lesotho	LES	National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho
Liberia	LBR	Liberia National Paralympic Committee
Libya	LBA	Libyan Paralympic Committee
Madagascar	MAD	Fédération Malagasy Handisport
Mali	MLI	National Paralympic Committee of Mali
Mauritania	MTN	National Paralympic Committee of Mauritania - suspended		[8]
Mauritius	MRI	Mauritius National Paralympic Committee
Morocco	MAR	Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled
Mozambique	MOZ	Paralympic Committee Mozambique
Namibia	NAM	Namibia National Paralympic Committee
Niger	NIG	Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques
Nigeria	NGR	Nigeria Paralympic Committee
Rwanda	RWA	National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda
Senegal	SEN	Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais
Sierra Leone	SLE	Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee		[8]
Somalia	SOM	Somali Paralympic Committee		[8]
South Africa	RSA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Sudan	SUD	Sudan National Paralympic Committee
Tanzania	TAN	Tanzania Paralympic Committee
Togo	TOG	Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees
Tunisia	TUN	Tunisian Paralympic Committee	1990
Uganda	UGA	Uganda National Paralympic Committee
Zambia	ZAM	National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
Zimbabwe	ZIM	Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee

See also

• Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

References

1. Pan-African and paralympic games top agenda of meeting, portalangop.co.ao, February 8, 2011
2. Angolan elected new President of ASCOD, insideworldparasport.biz, February 1, 2010
3. CONSTITUTION, ascod.org
4. National Paralympic Committees - African Region, ascod.org
5. "Notre Organisation - International Paralympic Comittee". Comité National Paralympique Camerounais (CNPC) (in French). Comité National Paralympique Camerounais (CNPC). 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
6. "Cameroun : élection du président du comité national paralympique-Le Quotidien du Peuple en ligne". People's Daily (China) (in French). August 23, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
7. "Quatre nouvelles fédérations sportives bientôt au Cameroun" (in French). 237online.com. March 18, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
8. "National Paralympic Committees - Africa". International Paralympic Committee. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 14, 2016.