{"id":13838,"date":"2025-10-27T06:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/rwanda-football-federation-suspends-three-referees-over-premier-league-errors\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:37","slug":"rwanda-football-federation-suspends-three-referees-over-premier-league-errors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rwanda-football-federation-suspends-three-referees-over-premier-league-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Football Federation suspends three referees over Premier League errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) has suspended three referees, including international official Claude \u201cCucuri\u201d Ishimwe, following mistakes during recent Rwanda Premier League matches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The refereeing panel, which also includes Eric Mugabo and Emmanuel Habumugisha, was penalised after a review by Ferwafa\u2019s refereeing commission highlighted errors in their officiating.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ishimwe and Mugabo were assigned to the APR FC versus Mukura Victory Sports match, which ended 1-0 in favour of APR. As the centre referee, Ishimwe was handed a two-week suspension for failing to issue a second yellow card to APR defender Clement Niyigena after a foul on Zubair Hakizimana , an action that should have led to a red card.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ferwafa said the move underscores its commitment to improving officiating standards in Rwanda\u2019s top-flight football and warned that similar lapses in the future would attract strict disciplinary measures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13839,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-13838","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) has suspended three referees","published_date":"2025-10-27 08:03:45","news_description":"The Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) has suspended three referees","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18773,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13838\/revisions\/18773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}