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Dear council members, Dear CAA family. I regret to inform you the passing on of CAA president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum today in Yaounde. We will keep you posted of all arrangements that will be made by his family. May his soul rest in peace.
The first relay teams have qualified for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 after the mixed 4x100m and mixed 4x400m finals at the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 on Sunday (3).
The world's best relay teams head to Botswana for the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 on 2-3 May, when they will compete for titles, prize money and qualification for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship and the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27.
With just two weeks to go until the global relays extravaganza, we shine the spotlight on eight of the teams to watch out for.
Multiple global gold medallists will compete in Africa over the next two weeks as the World Athletics Continental Tour heats up ahead of the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26.
A record number of meetings feature in this year’s Continental Tour calendar, with several nations hosting Continental Tour events for the first time. They include Ethiopia, which welcomes athletes for the Addis Ababa Grand Prix on 18 April.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) conducted an inspection mission in Ghana from April 8 to 11, 2026, in preparation for the 24th African Senior Championships, scheduled to take place in Accra from May 12 to 17, 2026.
The mission was comprised by Mr Lamine FATY, the Chief Executive Officer, and Mrs Melinda LOMBARD, Television and Media Advisor. Mr Aziz DAOUDA, the Director of the Technical Department, who was also slated to participate, was unable to join at the last minute due to flight issues.
Africa secured two bronze medals in the triple jump at the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Poland. Saly Sarr of Senegal, representing AADC Dakar, delivered a major performance, finishing third in the women's final with a jump of 14.70m, in a highly competitive field dominated by Cuba's Leyanis Pérez Hernández (14.95m) and Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas (14.86m), a leading figure in the discipline.
