{"id":102437,"date":"2025-05-31T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T14:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs"},"modified":"2025-05-31T14:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T14:48:22","slug":"nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","title":{"rendered":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs, Times Sport can reliably confirm.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old forward, considered one of the top players on the continent, is expected to arrive in Kigali on Saturday, May 31, before traveling with the APR team to Pretoria, South Africa, where the playoffs will take place from June 6 to 14.<\/p>\n

Omot currently plays for the Beijing Ducks in China\u2019s top-tier league, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). An experienced player, he has competed in the U.S., Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

He is also a key player for South Sudan\u2019s national team, widely regarded as the best in Africa at the moment. He played a pivotal role in South Sudan\u2019s near-upset of the U.S. national team in a 2024 friendly game, narrowly losing 100\u2013101. He also helped lead the team to its first-ever Olympic qualification for Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

Omot played college basketball for the Baylor Bears after stints at Concordia University and Indian Hills Community College. His standout career includes an MVP season in the BAL with Egyptian giants Al Ahly.<\/p>\n

Born in a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1994, Omot moved to Minnesota in 1996 with his mother and siblings, supported by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. His father was unable to join them due to medical restrictions.<\/p>\n

Raised by his brother Aba while his mother worked multiple jobs, Omot initially played American football before switching to basketball.<\/p>\n

APR booked a place at the BAL playoffs after finishing second in the Nile Conference which took place in Kigali this month.<\/p>\n

At the playoffs, the army side will rub shoulders with top African teams that qualified including Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya), Al Ittihad (Egypt), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria), US Monastir (Tunisia), Petro de Luanda (Angola), APR (Rwanda), Kriol Star (Cape Verde), and FUS Rabat (Morocco).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs, Times Sport can reliably confirm. The 30-year-old forward, considered one of the top players on the continent, is expected to arrive in Kigali on Saturday, May 31, before traveling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[758],"class_list":["post-102437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nNuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"731\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\"},\"wordCount\":330,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\",\"name\":\"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":731,\"caption\":\"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs - Rwanda","description":"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs","og_description":"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":731,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs","datePublished":"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs"},"wordCount":330,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg","keywords":["Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs","name":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-31T14:33:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-31T14:48:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"South Sudanese basketball star Anunwa \u201cNuni\u201d Omot is set to join APR Basketball Club ahead of the 2025 Basketball Africa ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/sm_1748690257.80496.jpg","width":1000,"height":731,"caption":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/nuni-omot-joins-apr-ahead-of-bal-playoffs#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nuni Omot Joins APR Ahead of BAL Playoffs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}