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{{Short description|Continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Confederation of African Athletics
| formation = {{start date and age|1973|1|17}}
| logo = CAA (logo).png
| map = 
| abbreviation = African Athletics
| type = [[List of international sport federations|Sports organisation]]
| headquarters = [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]
| membership = 54 national associations
| leader_title = [[President (corporate title)|President]]
| leader_name = [[Hamad Kalkaba Malboum]]
| main_organ = African Union Sports Council
| parent_organization = [[World Athletics]]
| website = [https://www.caaweb.org/en/ www.caaweb.org]
| region_served = Africa
}}

The '''Confederation of African Athletics''' ('''CAA'''; French: ''Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme'') is the [[continent]]al 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'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=CAA: 50 years already! |url=https://www.caaweb.org/en/index.php/blog/top-info/caa-50-years-already |website=caaweb.org |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Dignitaries Feted At Party by Holshousers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/653246224 |publisher=The News and Observer |access-date=26 September 2024 |page=6 |date=18 July 1975}}</ref>

==Member federations==
{| class=wikitable
!Country
!Federation
|-
!colspan=2|[[North Africa|Northern Region]] ([[Sahara]])
|-
|{{ALG}}
|[[Algerian Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{LBA}}
|[[Libyan Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{MAR}}
|[[Fédération Royale Marocaine d’Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{TUN}}
|{{ill|Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme|fr|Fédération tunisienne d'athlétisme}}
|-
!colspan=2|[[West Africa|Western Region]] ([[Niger River|Niger]])
|-
|{{BEN}}
|[[Fédération Béninoise d'Athlétisme Amateur]]
|-
|{{BUR}}
|[[Fédération Burkinabé d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{CPV}}
|[[Federação Caboverdiana de Atletismo]]
|-
|{{Flag|CIV|name=Côte d'Ivoire}}
|[[Fédération Ivoirienne d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{GAM}}
|{{ill|The Gambia Athletics Association|de|Gambia Athletics Association}}
|-
|{{GHA}}
|[[Ghana Athletics Association]]
|-
|{{GUI}}
|[[Fédération Guinéenne d'Athlétisme Amateur]]
|-
|{{GBS}}
|[[Federação de Atletismo da Guiné-Bissau]] (FAGB)
|-
|{{LBR}}
|[[Liberia Track and Field Federation]]
|-
|{{MLI}}
|[[Fédération Malienne d'Athlétisme Amateur]]
|-
|{{MTN}}
|[[Fédération d'Athlétisme de la République Islamique de Mauritanie]] (FAIM)
|-
|{{NIG}}
|[[Fédération Nigérienne d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{NGA}}
|[[The Athletics Federation of Nigeria]]
|-
|{{SEN}}
|[[Fédération Sénégalaise d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{SLE}}
|[[Sierra Leone Amateur Athletic Association]]
|-
|{{TOG}}
|[[Fédération Togolaise d'Athlétisme Amateur]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[Central Africa|Central Region]] ([[Congo Basin|Congo]])
|-
|{{BDI}}
|[[Fédération d'Athlétisme du Burundi]]
|-
|{{CMR}}
|[[Fédération Camerounaise d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{CAF}}
|[[Fédération Centrafricaine d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{CHA}}
|[[Fédération Tchadienne d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{Flag|COD|name=Congo, Democratic Republic of the}}
|[[Fédération d'Athlétisme du Congo]]
|-
|{{Flag|CGO|name=Congo, Republic of the}}
|[[Fédération Congolaise d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{GEQ}}
|[[Federación Ecuatoguineana de Atletismo]]
|-
|{{GAB}}
|[[Fédération Gabonaise d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{RWA}}
|[[Fédération Rwandaise d'Athlétisme Amateur]]
|-
|{{STP}}
|[[Federação Santomense de Atletismo]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[East Africa|Eastern Region]] ([[Nile Basin|Nile]])
|-
|{{DJI}}
|[[Fédération Djiboutienne d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{EGY}}
|[[Egyptian Athletic Federation]]
|-
|{{ERI}}
|[[Eritrean National Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{ETH}}
|[[Ethiopian Athletic Federation]]
|-
|{{KEN}}
|[[Athletics Kenya]]
|-
|{{SOM}}
|[[Somali Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{SSD}}
|[[South Sudan Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{SUD}}
|[[Sudan Athletic Association]]
|-
|{{TAN}}
|[[Tanzania Amateur Athletics Association]]
|-
|{{UGA}}
|[[Uganda Athletics Federation]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[Southern Africa|Southern Region]] ([[Kalahari Basin|Kalahari]])
|-
|{{ANG}}
|[[Angolan Athletics Federation|Fédération Angolaise d'Athlétisme]]
|-
|{{BOT}}
|[[Botswana Athletics Association]]
|-
|{{COM}}
|{{ill|Fédération Comorienne d'Athlétisme|fr|Fédération comorienne d'athlétisme}}
|-
|{{SWZ}}
|[[Athletics Eswatini]]
|-
|{{LES}}
|[[Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association]]
|-
|{{MAD}}
|[[Federation Malagasy d'Athletisme]]
|-
|{{MAW}}
|[[Athletics Association of Malawi]]
|-
|{{MRI}}
|[[Mauritius Amateur Athletic Association]]
|-
|{{MOZ}}
|[[Federação Moçambicana de Atletismo]]
|-
|{{NAM}}
|[[Athletics Namibia]]
|-
|{{SEY}}
|[[Seychelles Amateur Athletics Federation]]
|-
|{{RSA}}
|[[Athletics South Africa]]
|-
|{{ZAM}}
|[[Zambia Amateur Athletic Association]]
|-
|{{ZIM}}
|[[National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe]]
|}

==References==
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==See also==
{{portal bar|Sport of athletics|Africa}}
* [[List of African records in athletics]]

==External links==
* [http://www.caaweb.org/en/ CAA official website]

{{International athletics}}
{{National Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations}}
{{Sports governing bodies in Africa}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Athletics organizations]]
[[Category:Sports governing bodies in Africa|Ath]]
[[Category:Athletics in Africa|*]]


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