{"id":63035,"date":"2026-06-04T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63035"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:00:18","slug":"algeria-participates-african-union-sports-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63035","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Champions African Sports Development at AU Ministerial Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria, represented by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Sports, Fouad Makhlouf, actively participated in a crucial virtual ministerial meeting of the African Union&#39;s Specialized Technical Committee on Youth, Culture, and Sports (STC-JCS5). Makhlouf, deputizing for Sports Minister Walid Sadi, joined delegates in discussing key initiatives set to shape the future of African sports.<\/p>\n<h2>Algeria African Union sports meeting<\/h2>\n<p>The virtual session, attended by Algeria&#39;s Ambassador to Addis Ababa and Permanent Representative to the AU, Khaled Mohamed, focused on critically important agendas. A primary objective was the review and adoption of proposed amendments to the foundational statutes of the African Games. This strategic discussion is vital for the long-term governance and development of the continent&#39;s premier multi-sport event.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the meeting delved into the significant matter of hosting the African Games in 2031, signaling a forward-looking approach to continental sports infrastructure and event management. Discussions also encompassed crucial anti-doping strategies and Algeria&#39;s cooperative relations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), underscoring the nation&#39;s commitment to fair play and ethical competition across Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria sports, African Union, African Games, youth culture sports, anti-doping, Algeria<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria participates in key African Union sports meeting, discussing African Games statutes, 2031 hosting bids, and anti-doping measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}