Athletes from Morocco left Rwanda with eight gold medals, three silver and four bronze, with seven of those titles coming in women’s divisions.

Sanaa Bayza at under-67 kilograms, Safia Salah at under-62kg, Nada Laaraj at under-57kg, Oumaïma Bouchti at under-53kg, Nezha Lasal at under-49kg, under-46kg’s Soukaïna Saheb and Fatima Zahra Aboufaras in the over-73kg category all won African titles for Morocco.

Under-63kg fighter Abdelbasset Ouasfi was the sole Moroccan man to win a kyorugi gold medal at BK Arena.

Egypt placed second in the medals standings and Ivory Coast third.

Ex-world champion and two-time Olympic medallist Ruth Gbagbi was one of two Ivorian winners, triumphing in the women’s under-67kg.

Among the Egyptian medallists was Ahmad Rawy, who overcame Ivorian Rio 2016 gold medallist Cheick Sallah Cissé in the men’s under-87kg final.

Morocco also won the most medals across all disciplines.