{"id":197018,"date":"2025-04-29T05:28:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T03:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/africa-cairo-dazzles-with-colourful-opening-of-totalenergies-u-20-afcon-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T05:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T03:28:38","slug":"africa-cairo-dazzles-with-colourful-opening-of-totalenergies-u-20-afcon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/africa-cairo-dazzles-with-colourful-opening-of-totalenergies-u-20-afcon-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: Cairo Dazzles With Colourful Opening of TotalEnergies U-20 Afcon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\"><em>The TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2025, kicked off in style on Sunday evening with a vibrant opening ceremony at Cairo International Stadium, setting the stage for what promises to be an exhilarating tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"16\">The event, which started at 17:45 GMT, captured the spirit of African unity and youth energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">The opening ceremony put together by the United Sports Company in collaboration with the Local Organising Committee, combined cultural showcases with modern artistry to&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202504280586.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Egypt\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2025, kicked off in style on Sunday evening with a vibrant opening ceremony at Cairo International Stadium, setting the stage for what promises to be an exhilarating tournament. The event, which started at 17:45 GMT, captured the spirit of African unity and youth energy. The opening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":197019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[9488,258,256,341,49167,51243,415,257,11416,254,38847,8350],"class_list":["post-197018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-egypt","tag-afcon","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-cairo","tag-colourful","tag-dazzles","tag-egypt-news","tag-news","tag-opening","tag-south-africa-today","tag-totalenergies","tag-u20"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}