Four Kenyan referees selected for AFCON 2025 in Morocco

Kenya will be represented by four referees at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, with a dedicated pre-tournament preparation course set to run ahead of the event. The group includes one centre referee, one Video Assistant Referee (VAR), and two assistant referees.

Peter Kamaku Waweru has been named among the centre referees for the tournament. Dickens Mimisa has been selected to operate as a VAR, contributing from the video review position. In the assistant referee category, Gilbert Cheruiyot and Stephen Yiembe will represent Kenya.

The AFCON finals are scheduled to take place in Morocco, spanning from December into January 2026. The selection underscores Kenya’s ongoing involvement in African continental football officiating and their readiness to participate at a high level during the tournament.

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REFEREES

Ghorbal Mustapha – Algeria

Gamouh Youcef – Algeria

Djindo Louis Houngnandande – Benin

Ndabihawenimana Pacifique – Burundi

Mefire Abdou Abdoul – Cameroon

Alhadji Allaou Mahamat – Chad

Messie Jessie Oved N. Mvoutou – Congo

Traore Ibrahim Kalilou – Côte d’Ivoire

Kpan Clement Franklin – Côte d’Ivoire

Ndala Ngambo Jean-Jacques – DR Congo

Mohamed Mansour Maarouf – Egypt

Amin Mohamed Omar – Egypt

Ahmed Nagy Mosa Mahmoud – Egypt

Atcho Pierre Ghislain – Gabon

Mebiame Patrice Tanguy – Gabon

Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea – Ghana

Kamaku Peter Waweru – Kenya

Ibrahim Mutaz A. Ibrahim – Libya

Traore Boubou – Mali

Abdel Aziz Bouh – Mauritania

Dahane Beida – Mauritania

Heerallal Ahmed Imtehaz – Mauritius

Milazar Patrice – Mauritius

Jalal Jayed – Morocco

Kech Chaf Mustapha (New) – Morocco

Uwikunda Samuel – Rwanda

Sy Issa – Senegal

Adalbert Diouf – Senegal

Omar Abdulkadir Artan – Somalia

Abongile Tom – South Africa

Jelly Chavani – South Africa

Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail – Sudan

Mehrez Melki – Tunisia

VIDEO MATCH OFFICIALS (VMOs)

Lahlou Benbraham – Algeria

Mahmoud Ashour – Egypt

Hossam Azab Hagag – Egypt

Mimisa Dickens – Kenya

Ahmed Abdulrazg – Libya

Babacar Sarr – Mauritania

Hamza El Fariq – Morocco

Sadou Ali Brahamou – Niger

Abdalaziz Yasir – Sudan

Haythem Guirat – Tunisia

Chimene Brighton – Zimbabwe

INSTRUCTORS

An Yan Lim Kee Chong – Mauritius

Felix Tangawarima – Zimbabwe

Janny Sikawe – Zambia

Tamer Dorry – Egypt

Raphael Evehe Divine – Cameroon

Bento Navesse – Mozambique

Boubaker Hannachi – Tunisia

Mustapha Amghar – Morocco

ASSISTANT REFEREES

Abbes Akram Zerhouni – Algeria

Mokrane Gourari – Algeria

Adel Abane – Algeria

Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos – Angola

Lopes Ivanildo Meirelles de O Sanches – Angola

Ayimavo Aymar Ulrich Eric – Benin

Sanou Habib Judicael – Burkina Faso

Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue – Cameroon

Amaldine Soulaimane – Comoros

Styven Danek Moutsassi – Congo

Malondi Chany Yanes – Congo

Ngoh Herman Desire – Côte d’Ivoire

Ettien Eba Medard (New) – Côte d’Ivoire

Liban Abdoulrazack Ahmed – Djibouti

Nguila Guylain – DR Congo

Mbilizi Mwanya Gradel (New) – DR Congo

Ahmed Hossameldin Taha I. – Egypt

Mahmoud Ahmed K. Abouelregal – Egypt

Ditsoga Boris Marlaise – Gabon

Amos B Abeigne Ndong (New) – Gabon

Gilbert Cheruiyot Kipkoech – Kenya

Yiembe Stephen Eleazar Onyango – Kenya

Souru Phatsoane – Lesotho

Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo – Madagascar

Modibo Samake – Mali

Zakaria Brinsi – Morocco

Akarkad Mostafa – Morocco

Azgaou Lahsen – Morocco

Arsenio Chadreque Maringule – Mozambique

Dos Reis Monte Negro Abelmiro – Sao Tome & Principe

Djibril Camara – Senegal

Nouha Bangoura – Senegal

Siwela Zakhele Thusi Granville – South Africa

CAF STAFF

Mamadou Haidara – CAF

Jean Claude Birumushahu – CAF

Diana Saberazana – CAF

Wael Elsebaie – CAF

Mohamed Zidan – CAF

 VAR TECHNICIAN

Alaa Nabil – Egypt

 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Safari Olivier Kabene – DR Congo

Ali Tomusange – Uganda

Inacio Manuel Candido – Angola

Fatou Gaye – Senegal

Sinko Zeli – Côte d’Ivoire

Hadqa Yahya – Morocco

Rene Daniel Louzaya – Congo