The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has overlooked Ghanaian referees for the African Cup of Nations scheduled for Gabon and Equatorial Guinea later this month.
Information pieced together by GNA Sports indicates that no Ghanaian referee made the list of 18 officials for the three-week competition that parades Africa’s best 16 teams.
The selected 21 official assigned with the duties of assistant referees for the tournament is also without a Ghanaian.
The information indicates that no Ghana official was able to make the cut for the tourney that has Ghana tipped among the favourites.
At the previous competition in Angola, 2010 where Ghana finished second after losing 0-1 to Egypt in the final, Haruna Ayuba, an assistant referee was the only Ghanaian official to make the grade.
Below is the full list.
No..NAME…………………….COUNTRY
1..Maillet Eddy Allen………….Seychelles
2..Seechurn Rajindraparsad……..Mauritius
3..Abdel Rahman Khalid…………Sudan
4..Bennett Daniel Frazer……….South Africa
5..Benouza Mohamed…………….Algeria
6..Diatta Badara………………Senegal
7..Coulibaly Koman…………….Mali
8..Gassama Bakary Papa…………Gambia
9..Alioum Neant……………….Cameroun
10.El Ahrach Bouchaib………….Morocco
11..Doue Noumandiez Desire……..Côte d’Ivoire
12..Lemghaifry Aly…………….Mauritania
13..Jedidi Slim……………….Tunisia
14..Haimoudi Djamel……………Algeria
15..Otogo-Castane Eric Arnaud…..Gabon
16..Sikazwe Janny……………..Zambia
17..Nampiandraza Hamada el Moussa.Madagascar
18..Grisha Ghead………………Egypt
Assitant Referees
No..NAME……………….COUNTRY
1..Hassani Bechir……….Tunisia
2..Damoo Jason Joseph……Seychelles
3..Edibe Peter Elgam…….Nigeria
4..Menkouande Evarist……Cameroun
5..Champiti Moffat………Malawi
6..Range Aden Marwa……..Kenya
7..Siwela Zakhele Thusi….South Africa
8..Kabanda Felicien……..Rwanda
9..Birumushahu Jean-Claude.Burundi
10.Bouende-Malonga Richard.Congo
11.Ogbamariam W. Angesom…Eritrea
12.Doumbouya Aboubacar…..Guinea
13.Moussa Yanoussa………Cameroun