African Games
Editions

African Games

Section Title: Editions
Table Section Text: None

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team

I	1965	Brazzaville	Republic of Congo	Alphonse Massemba-Débat	18 July	25 July	30	2500	10	54	United Arab Republic

–	1969	Bamako	Mali	Disrupted by Military Coup

II	1973	Lagos	Nigeria	Yakubu Gowon	7 January	18 January	36	12	92	Egypt

III	1978	Algiers	Algeria	Houari Boumediene	13 July	28 July	45	3000	12	117	Tunisia

IV	1987	Nairobi	Kenya	Daniel Arap Moi	1 August	12 August	41	14	164	Egypt

V	1991	Cairo	Egypt	Hosni Mubarak	20 September	1 October	43	18	213	Egypt

VI	1995	Harare	Zimbabwe	Robert Mugabe	13 September	23 September	46	6000	19	224	South Africa

VII	1999	Johannesburg	South Africa	Thabo Mbeki	10 September	19 September	51	6000	20	224	South Africa

VIII	2003	Abuja	Nigeria	Olusegun Obasanjo	5 October	17 October	50	6000	22	332	Egypt

IX	2007	Algiers	Algeria	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	11 July	23 July	52	4793	27	374	Egypt

X	2011	Maputo	Mozambique	Armando Guebuza	3 September	18 September	53	5000	20	249	South Africa

XI	2015	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	Denis Sassou Nguesso	4 September	19 September	54	15000	22	294	Egypt

XII	2019	Rabat	Morocco	King Mohammed VI (expected)	23 August	3 September	53	Future event

XIII	2023	Accra	Ghana	Future event

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In 1987, Games took place in Nairobi.

final_sentence: In 1987, Games took place in Nairobi.