YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga on Tuesday grew to become the first lady to officiate an Africa Cup of Nations sport when she took charge of the match between Zimbabwe and Guinea in Cameroon.
Mukansanga walked out onto the pitch holding the match ball accompanied by three male match officers with Zimbabwe happening to win the sport 2-1.
After the match, supporters from Zimbabwe stated they have been impressed by Mukansanga and believed this was a very good step ahead for the continent.
“Women are being represented and are additionally being concerned on this sport that for a very long time was thought to be for males,” stated Zimbabwe supporter Felicia Chisepo.
In Rwanda, the younger feminine gamers of soccer membership AS Kigali and their coach Egidie Kayitesi watched the sport on tv.
“She is somebody who provides nice significance to every sport, that is why you see Salima at this stage,” stated Kayitesi, who was in charge of Mukansanga’s staff when she was a youth participant.
“She has an distinctive character. When she has a match, she prepares for it.”
(Reporting by Blaise Eyong, Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Thaier Al-Sudani, Hakizimana Themistocle; Writing by Christophe Van der Perre; Editing by Alessandra Prentice and Toby Davis)
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