The President of ANOCA, Mustapha Berraf was on 11 February 2020 decorated with the medal of “Commander of the Order of Central African Recognition”. The ceremony took place at the Palais de la Renaissance in Bangui. He received the medal from the Head of State of the Central African Republic, His Excellency Prof Faustin Archange Touadera in the presence of the Speaker of the country’s parliament, several members of government and the NOC President, Gilles Gilbert Gresenguet. This distinction comes at a time when President Berraf, elected in 2018, has engaged a series of reforms and several projects aimed at breathing a new lease of life into sport and Olympism in Africa.