The IX la Francophonie games hosted in the Congolese capital Kinshasa have been described as a success despite postponments and security concerns.
Zeina Mina the Director of the international committee of the Games has noted that Kinshasa has managed to convince the French-speaking Nations who participated in these Games in the field of infrastructure and even reception.
“Despite the postponements and concerns , Kinshasa succeeded in organizing the 9th Francophone Games which end on Sunday 06 August,” Mina said during an interview with journalists.
She said the games held since July 28 in Kinshasa, participation rate was satisfactory, despite all “the difficulties encountered, the concerns, the uncertainties” around this edition and the two postponements in 2021, then 2022.
According to details, La Francophonie in Kinshasa had 3,533 participants, including 1,810 athletes and artists who took part in the competitions, representing thirty-seven (37) countries having in common, the French language.
Source : Taarifa