Course du Sud brings together military personnel and schoolchildren in Mouloud
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ADI
Illustrative image · Leslie McBride (USAID)The fourth edition of the Course du Sud brought together military personnel, police officers, athletes and schoolchildren in Mouloud, in the Dikhil region, over four distances of 10, 6, 4 and 2 km. The two longest events were reserved for the armed forces, police and athletes from Ali Sabieh, reports ADI.
The fourth edition of the Course du Sud brought together military personnel, police officers, athletes from the Ali Sabieh athletics centre and schoolchildren on Friday in Mouloud, in the Dikhil region. Four distances, from 2 to 10 km, were on the programme, according to the Djiboutian Information Agency (ADI).
The 10 and 6 km events were reserved for the Djiboutian armed forces, the national police and athletes from the Ali Sabieh centre, while the 4 and 2 km races were open to pupils from primary schools, middle schools and secondary schools in the southern regions, ADI reports. The competition was organised by the Mouloud Development Committee with the support of the Djiboutian Athletics Federation and port operators SGTD and DMP.
The awards ceremony took place under the patronage of Dikhil Deputy Prefect Simane Yacin Abdillahi and Mouloud Sub-Prefect Moussa Ougoureh. The vice-president of the Djiboutian Athletics Federation, Robleh Djama, and its secretary-general, Doualeh Hassan Ahmed, praised the quality of the organisation and the commitment of the organisers, according to ADI.
