STORY: Ghana unveils torch for 13th African Games
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8 & 13, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:10
LOCATION: Accra
CATEGORY: SPORTS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the unveiled torch (Feb. 13, 2024)
2. SOUNDBITE (English): REKS BROBBY, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Local Organizing Committee for the 13th African Games
3. various of torch handover at the Confucius Institute (Feb. 8, 2024)

STORYLINE:

Ghana on Tuesday unveiled the torch for the 13th African Games and announced a torch relay across five African countries to drive support for the Games.

Reks Brobby, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Local Organizing Committee for the Games, displayed the torch to the public, saying the relay would start from Accra, the country's capital, without giving a specific date.

SOUNDBITE (English): REKS BROBBY, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Local Organizing Committee for the 13th African Games
"This will be going around Africa from next week. Five countries: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, and South Africa, and it ends on March 6 in Koforidua (capital of Eastern Region). On the 7, it will be taken to Jubilee House, and then on the 8, it will be used to light the cauldron."

The torch, made by a Chinese company, arrived in Ghana last week and was presented to Ghana's Ministry of Youth and Sports by the Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana, who helped facilitate the procedure.

The 13th African Games will kick off in Ghana on March 8.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Accra.
(XHTV)