FIBA Africa Congress
04/08/2014
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FIBA Africa - Hamane Niang elected zone's new President at 16th Congress

ANTANANARIVO - Hamane Niang of Mali was elected as new President of FIBA Africa at the zone's 16th Congress, which took place on Thursday 31 July-Friday 1 August in the capital of Madagascar.

Mr Niang will replace the outgoing Dieudonne Eseka Mabusa and head FIBA Africa for the 2014-2019 term, representing the continent at FIBA's Central Board meetings.

The 62-year-old becomes the eighth person to preside over the zone since its creation in 1961.

He previously headed FIBA Africa's Financial Council from 2001 to 2014. He also served as President of Mali's Basketball Federation from 1999 to 2007.

The two-day event also saw the elections of the presidents of FIBA Africa's zones.

Omar El-Barshushi (Lybia), Juvenal Lufuma (Democratic Republic of Congo), Anibal Manave (Mozambique) were all re-elected to head Zones 1, 4, 6 and 7 respectively.

The newly-elected presidents are: Samuel Ahmedu (Nigeria), a former member of the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) and previously President of FIBA Africa Marketing, was appointed to oversee Zone 3; Egypt's Hesham El-Hariri will be in charge of Zone 5; Rokhaya Pouye (Senegal), who had been in charge of the board of Zone 2 for two years following the death of President Alioune Badara Diagne, was elected for a term in his own right.

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