Confederation of African Athletics
| Abbreviation | African Athletics |
|---|---|
| Formation | January 17, 1973 |
| Type | Sports organisation |
| Headquarters | Dakar, Senegal |
Region served | Africa |
| Membership | 54 national associations |
| Hamad Kalkaba Malboum | |
Main organ | African Union Sports Council |
Parent organization | World Athletics |
| Website | www.caaweb.org |
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme) is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. The body's current president is Hamad Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon.
The organization was founded on 17 January 1973. Before 1992, the organization was known as the Confederation of African Amateur Athletics and sometimes as the African Amateur Athletics Federation.[1][2]
Member federations
| Country | Federation |
|---|---|
| Northern Region (Sahara) | |
| Algeria | Algerian Athletics Federation |
| Libya | Libyan Athletics Federation |
| Morocco | Fédération Royale Marocaine d’Athlétisme |
| Tunisia | Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme |
| Western Region (Niger) | |
| Benin | Fédération Béninoise d'Athlétisme Amateur |
| Burkina Faso | Fédération Burkinabé d'Athlétisme |
| Cape Verde | Federação Caboverdiana de Atletismo |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Fédération Ivoirienne d'Athlétisme |
| Gambia | The Gambia Athletics Association |
| Ghana | Ghana Athletics Association |
| Guinea | Fédération Guinéenne d'Athlétisme Amateur |
| Guinea-Bissau | Federação de Atletismo da Guiné-Bissau (FAGB) |
| Liberia | Liberia Track and Field Federation |
| Mali | Fédération Malienne d'Athlétisme Amateur |
| Mauritania | Fédération d'Athlétisme de la République Islamique de Mauritanie (FAIM) |
| Niger | Fédération Nigérienne d'Athlétisme |
| Nigeria | The Athletics Federation of Nigeria |
| Senegal | Fédération Sénégalaise d'Athlétisme |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Amateur Athletic Association |
| Togo | Fédération Togolaise d'Athlétisme Amateur |
| Central Region (Congo) | |
| Burundi | Fédération d'Athlétisme du Burundi |
| Cameroon | Fédération Camerounaise d'Athlétisme |
| Central African Republic | Fédération Centrafricaine d'Athlétisme |
| Chad | Fédération Tchadienne d'Athlétisme |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Fédération d'Athlétisme du Congo |
| Congo, Republic of the | Fédération Congolaise d'Athlétisme |
| Equatorial Guinea | Federación Ecuatoguineana de Atletismo |
| Gabon | Fédération Gabonaise d'Athlétisme |
| Rwanda | Fédération Rwandaise d'Athlétisme Amateur |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Federação Santomense de Atletismo |
| Eastern Region (Nile) | |
| Djibouti | Fédération Djiboutienne d'Athlétisme |
| Egypt | Egyptian Athletic Federation |
| Eritrea | Eritrean National Athletics Federation |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Athletic Federation |
| Kenya | Athletics Kenya |
| Somalia | Somali Athletics Federation |
| South Sudan | South Sudan Athletics Federation |
| Sudan | Sudan Athletic Association |
| Tanzania | Tanzania Amateur Athletics Association |
| Uganda | Uganda Athletics Federation |
| Southern Region (Kalahari) | |
| Angola | Fédération Angolaise d'Athlétisme |
| Botswana | Botswana Athletics Association |
| Comoros | Fédération Comorienne d'Athlétisme |
| Eswatini | Athletics Eswatini |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association |
| Madagascar | Federation Malagasy d'Athletisme |
| Malawi | Athletics Association of Malawi |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Amateur Athletic Association |
| Mozambique | Federação Moçambicana de Atletismo |
| Namibia | Athletics Namibia |
| Seychelles | Seychelles Amateur Athletics Federation |
| South Africa | Athletics South Africa |
| Zambia | Zambia Amateur Athletic Association |
| Zimbabwe | National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe |
References
- ^ "CAA: 50 years already!". caaweb.org. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Foreign Dignitaries Feted At Party by Holshousers". The News and Observer. 18 July 1975. p. 6. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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