The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.

Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.^[1]

The 12th African Games was scheduled in September 2019. Accra, Nairobi and Lusaka announced that they would bid for these Games, but none of them were selected.^[2]

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea was initially chosen to organise the 2019 African Games at the Second Ordinary Session of the Specialist Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports, which was held at the headquarters of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13 to 17 June 2016.^[3]

However, Equatorial Guinea was unable to host the Games due to economic problems.^[4] Lusaka, the capital of Zambia was later speculated to host the Games but refused, citing lack of facilities.^[5][6] In July 2018, Rabat, Morocco was selected to replace Malabo, Equatorial Guinea as host of the 2019 edition.^[7]

The logo is a door with Moroccan mosaic, while the mascot is an Atlas lion or a Barbary lion.^[8][9]

The Rabat 2019 African Games featured 26 sports.^[11]

The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar was completed with event finals information.^[12]

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August		16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun	26th Mon	27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat	Events
Ceremonies					OC												CC
3x3 basketball							●	●	●	●	2							2
Archery													●	●	●	5		5
Athletics												4	11	10	7	14		46
Badminton								●	●	●	1	●	●	●	5			6
Boxing						●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	13			13
Canoeing														4	6	8		18
Chess										●	1	●	2	2				5
Cycling	Mountain biking						2		2									10
	Road cycling									2		2		1	1
Equestrian							●	1		1								2
Fencing												2	2	2	3	3		12
Football		●	●			●	●		●	●		●	●		1	1		2
Gymnastics												2	2	5	5			14
Handball						●	●	●		●	●	●		●	2			2
Judo			8	6														14
Karate										●	●	16						16
Rowing						●	4	4	1									9
Shooting											●	2	1		●	2		5
Snooker						1	1	●	●	1								3
Swimming							12	10	10	10								42
Table tennis						●	●	●	2		1	2	●	●	2			7
Taekwondo							6	6	4									16
Tennis									●	●	●	●	●	●	4	●	2	6
Triathlon										2	1							3
Volleyball	Beach volleyball	●	●	●		●	2											4
	Indoor volleyball							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Weightlifting											9	9	9	9	9	15		60
Wrestling														6	6	6		18
Daily medal events			8	6	0	1	27	21	19	16	15	39	27	39	64	55	3	340
Cumulative total			8	14	14	15	42	63	82	98	113	152	179	218	282	337	340
August		16th Fri	17th Sat	18th Sun	19th Mon	20th Tue	21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun	26th Mon	27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat	Events

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Later five Egyptian athletes were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.^[13]

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

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Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	94	94	72	260
2	Nigeria (NGR)	46	36	48	130
3	Algeria (ALG)	36	35	54	125
4	South Africa (RSA)	33	26	24	83
5	Morocco (MAR)*	31	32	55	118
6	Tunisia (TUN)	26	36	35	97
7	Kenya (KEN)	11	10	10	31
8	Mauritius (MRI)	6	6	12	24
9	Ethiopia (ETH)	6	5	12	23
10	Madagascar (MAD)	6	4	2	12
11	Cameroon (CMR)	5	14	9	28
12	Ivory Coast (CIV)	5	5	8	18
13	Botswana (BOT)	5	3	6	14
14	Burkina Faso (BUR)	4	2	2	8
15	Ghana (GHA)	2	2	9	13
16	Angola (ANG)	2	2	4	8
	Namibia (NAM)	2	2	4	8
18	Seychelles (SEY)	2	1	1	4
19	The Gambia (GAM)	2	1	0	3
20	Gabon (GAB)	2	0	4	6
21	Niger (NIG)	2	0	1	3
22	Senegal (SEN)	1	5	16	22
23	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	3	1	5
24	Zambia (ZAM)	1	1	3	5
25	São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)	1	1	1	3
26	Eritrea (ERI)	0	3	0	3
27	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	0	2	9	11
28	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	8	10
29	Libya (LBA)	0	2	2	4
	Mali (MLI)	0	2	2	4
31	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	1	3	4
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	3	4
33	Djibouti (DJI)	0	1	1	2
34	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	0	1	0	1
	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	0	1
36	Chad (CHA)	0	0	4	4
37	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	3	3
38	Benin (BEN)	0	0	2	2
	Guinea (GUI)	0	0	2	2
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	2	2
41	Cape Verde (CPV)	0	0	1	1
	Central African Republic (CAF)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		332	342	436	1110

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Later five Egyptian athletes (Abderrahmane Al Sayed, Ibrahim Moustafa, Samar Hossein, Sara Ahmed Samir, Farag Salma) were disqualified due to anti-doping violations.^[14]