African Sports Confederation of Disabled

The African Paralympic Committee (APC) or the African Sports Confederation of Disabled (ASCOD) is an organization based in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

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Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

(IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee National Paralympic Committee National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...
Algeria	ALG	Algerian National Paralympic Committee
Angola	ANG	Comite Paralimpico Angolano
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	suspended Suspension (punishment) Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
Cape Verde	CPV	Comité Caboverdeano Desp. Para Deficientes
Central African Republic	CAF	Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain
Republic of the 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
The Gambia	GAM	Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled
Ghana	GHA	National Paralympic Committee of Ghana
Guinea	GUI	Guinea Paralympic Committee
Guinea-Bissau	GBS	suspended Suspension (punishment) Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
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
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	suspended Suspension (punishment) Suspension is a form of punishment that people receive for violating rules and regulations.- Workplace :Suspension is a common practice in the workplace for being in violation of an organization's policy...
Rwanda	RWA	National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda
Senegal	SEN	Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais
Sierra Leone	SLE	Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee
Somalia	SOM	Somali Paralympic Committee
South Africa	RSA	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee is a non-profit organisation that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the South Africa and the controlling body of all performance sports of South Africa and coordinates the relationship with...
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
Uganda	UGA	Uganda National Paralympic Committee
Zambia	ZAM	National Paralympic Committee of Zambia National Paralympic Committee of Zambia The National Paralympic Committee of Zambia is, as its name suggests, the National Paralympic Committee of Zambia, and is a member of the International Paralympic Committee. It was set up in 2005, replacing the Zambia Sports Federation of the Disabled...
Zimbabwe	ZIM	Zimbabwe Paralympic Committee

External links

African Paralympic Committee - official Website

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