Delegates from the Africa Region

Algeria

Dr Fairouz Bendahmane (her/she)

Directrice des Services Vétérinaires

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Angola

Dr Henrique Gimi

Director Geral, Instituto dos Serviços Veterinarios

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Benin

Dr Yao Akpo

Directeur de l'Elevage

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Botswana

Dr Kefentse Motshegwa

Director Veterinary Services

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Burkina Faso

Dr Rassablaga Dominique Sawadogo

Directeur Général des Services Vétérinaires

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Burundi

Dr Désiré Ntakirutimana

Directeur, Département de la santé animale

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Cabo Verde

Dr Ana Lina Pereira De Barros Olende (her/she)

Directora dos Serviços de Ganaderia

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Cameroon

Dr Garga Gonne

Director of Veterinary Services

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Central African Republic

Dr Etienne Nguertoum

Directeur General, Agence nationale de développement de l'élevage (ANDE)

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Chad

Dr Mahamat Nour Mallaye Abakar

Directeur général des Services vétérinaires – Chef des Services Vétérinaires

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Comoros

Dr. Youssouf Ousseni Moutroifi

Responsable de la Santé Animale

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Congo (Democratic Republic)

Dr Honoré Robert N'Lemba Mabela

Directeur et Chef de Service de la Production et de la Santé Animales (DPSA) I President of the WOAH Regional Commission for Africa

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Congo (Republic)

Dr Tobi N'Kaya

Directeur Général de l'Elevage

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Cote d'Ivoire

Dr Vessaly Kallo

Directeur des Services Vétérinaires

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Djibouti

Dr Moussa Ibrahim Cheick

Directeur de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et des Services Vétérinaires

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Egypt

Dr Ihab Saber Youssef Hashem

CVO and Chairman of the General Organisation of Veterinary Services (GOVS)

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Equatorial Guinea

Dr Pascual Bacale Mbiang

Director General de Ganaderia, Sanidad Animal y Control dos Alimentos

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Eritrea

Dr Yonas Woldu

Senior Veterinarian

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eSwatini

Dr Roland Xolani Dlamini

Director of Veterinary and Livestock Services I WOAH Council Member

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Ethiopia

Dr. Regassa Gari Fikru

State Minister

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Gabon

Dr Guy Anicet Rerambyath

Directeur Général Adjoint 1 de l'Elevage

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Gambia

Dr Abdou Ceesay

Director General, Department of Livestock Services

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Ghana

Dr Patrick Abakeh

Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services Directorate

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Guinea

Dr Mohamed Idriss Doumbouya

Directeur National des Services Vétérinaires

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Guinea Bissau

Dr Bernardo Cassamá

Director Geral da Pecuária

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Kenya

Dr Obadiah Njagi

Director of Veterinary Services

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Lesotho

Dr Gerard Relebohile Mahloane

Director General of Veterinary Services

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Liberia

Dr Joseph Anderson

Director of Livestock / Veterinary Services

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Libya

Dr Abdul Rahman Jummah Ajbil

Director General, National Centre for Animal Health (NCAH)

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Madagascar

Dr Bettelhein Ramahefasoa

Directrice des Services Vétérinaires

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Malawi

Dr Julius Chulu

Director of Veterinary Services

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Mali

Dr Drissa Dounanke Coulibaly

Directeur National, Direction Nationale des Services Vétérinaires

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Mauritius

Dr Pitambarsing Beeharry

Principal Veterinary Officer Division of Veterinary Services

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Mauritania

Dr. Baba Doumbia

Directeur des services vétérinaires, Direction Générale de l'Elevage

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Morocco

Dr Abderrahman El Abrak

Directeur des Services Vétérinaires

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Mozambique

Dr Américo da Conceição

National Director of Veterinary Services

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Namibia

Dr Albertina Shilongo (her/she)

Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate of Veterinary Services I Vice-President of the WOAH Regional Commission for Africa

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Niger

Dr Abdou Issiakou

Directeur-Général des Services Vétérinaires, Direction de la Santé Animale

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Nigeria

Dr Columba T. Vakuru

Chief Veterinary Officer, Director, Veterinary and Pest Control Services,

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Rwanda

Dr Fabrice Ndayisenga

Head of Department, Animal Resource Research and Technology Transfer

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São Tomé and Principe

Dr Alfredo De Sousa Pontes Rodrigues da Mata

Directeur-général de l'Elevage / Director Geral da Pecuaria

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Senegal

Dr Mbargou Lô

Chef de la Division de la Protection Zoosanitaire I Vice-President of the WOAH Regional Commission for Africa

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Seychelles

[ appointment pending ]

CEO National Biosecurity Agency (NBA)

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Sierra Leone

Dr Mohamed Alpha Bah

Deputy Director Animal Health, Livestock and Veterinary Services Division

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Somalia

Dr Abdirahman Nur Kailie (Quiliye)

Director of Animal Health / Chief Veterinary Officer

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South Africa

Dr Michael Botlhe Modisane

Chief Director Animal Production and Health

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South Sudan

Dr Agol Kwai

Director General of Veterinary Services

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Sudan

Dr Hassan Mohamed Eltoom Abdalla Mgdari

Acting Undersecretary of Animal Resources

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Tanzania

Dr Hezron Emmanuel Nonga

Director of Veterinary Services

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Togo

Dr Batawui Komla Batasse

Conseiller Spécial du Ministre de l'agriculture, de l'élevage et du développement rural, chargé de l'élevage I WOAH Council Member

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Tunisia

Dr Sana Kacem (her/she)

Directrice Générale des Services Vétérinaires

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Uganda

Dr Anna Rose Ademun Okurut (her/she)

Commissioner Animal Health (CAH), Directorate Animal Resources (DAR) I Secretary of the WOAH Regional Commission for Africa

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Zambia

Dr Geoffrey Muuka

Ag. Director, Department of Veterinary Services

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Zimbabwe

Dr Josphat Nyika

Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services

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