African Paralympic Committee

The African Paralympic Committee or the African Sports Confederation of physically challenged persons is an organization based in Luanda, Angola. As of July 2025, its African membership is 49 National Paralympic Committees.

Member countries In the following table, the year in which the National Paralympic Committee was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee is also given if it is different from the year in which the national committee was created. Nation Code National Paralympic Committee Created Ref. ALG Algerian National Paralympic Committee 1987 National Paralympic Committees - African Region , ascod.org ANG Comite Paralímpico Angolano 1994 BEN Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique 1995 BOT Paralympic Association of Botswana 2000 BUR National Paralympic Committee of Burkina Faso 1990 BDI Burundi Paralympic Committee 2007 CMR Cameroonian National Paralympic Committee2011 CPV Comité Desportivo Caboverdiano para Deficientes 1999 CAF Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain 2001 COM National Paralympic Committee of Comoros CGO Comité National Paralympique Congolais CIV Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques COD National Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of the Congo EGY Egyptian Paralympic Committee ERI Eritrean National Paralympic Committee SWZ Eswatini Paralympic Committee ETH Ethiopian Paralympic Committee GAB Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées GAM Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled GHA National Paralympic Committee of Ghana GUI Guinea Paralympic Committee GBS Guinea-Bissau Federation of Sports for the Disabled KEN Kenya National Paralympic Committee LES National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho LBR Liberia National Paralympic Committee LBA Libyan Paralympic Committee 1981 MAD Fédération Malagasy Handisport MWI Malawi Paralympic Committee MLI National Paralympic Committee of Mali MRI Mauritius National Paralympic Committee MAR Royal Moroccan Federation of Sports for Disabled MOZ Paralympic Committee Mozambique NAM Namibia National Paralympic Committee NIG Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques NGR Nigeria Paralympic Committee RWA National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda STP National Paralympic Committee of São Tomé e Principe SEN Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais SEY Paralympic Association of Seychelles SLE Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee SOM Somali Paralympic Committee RSA South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee 1991 SSD South Sudan Paralympic Committee 2025 TAN Tanzania Paralympic Committee TOG Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees TUN Tunisian Paralympic Committee 1990 UGA Uganda National Paralympic Committee ZAM National Paralympic Committee of Zambia 2005 ZIM Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee 2010

Events African Para Games hosts all Africa's para-athletes for a series of games. The first of its kind was hosted in Accra, Ghana from September 4 to 12, 2023. It hosted participants from 22 African countries.

See also Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

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