Botswana prepares to host 2028 African Athletics Championships
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Weekendpost

The Botswana Athletics Association is preparing to organise the 2028 African Senior Championships after the event was awarded to Botswana. A meeting scheduled for 24 October in Palapye is due to launch the creation of the local organising committee and define its composition, according to the association and its acting president, Oabona Theetso.
The Botswana Athletics Association is preparing to host the 2028 African Senior Athletics Championships, after Botswana secured the right to stage the continental competition, reports Weekendpost.
The association is to establish a local organising committee and an operational secretariat to oversee preparations. Construction of the infrastructure needed for the event has not yet begun, according to Weekendpost.
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