Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia, marathon) and Agnes Ngetich (Kenya, half-marathon) among the women, Collen Kebinatshipi (Botswana, 400m) and Sabastian Sawe (Kenya, marathon) among the men, are Africa's four representatives vying for the ultimate titles.

The 20 nominees for the World Athlete of the Year honours have been announced ahead of the World Athletics Awards taking place in Monaco on 29 November.

The Confederation of African Athletics CAA will organize the seventh edition of the African cross country championships. These cross-country championships will take place in Mbabane (ESWATINI) on March 20, 2027 after a three-year break.

Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich stormed to a women-only world half marathon record of 1:05:15* to win her second global title of the year at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26 on Sunday (20).

Nairobi and Munich have been selected to host the 2029 and 2031 World Athletics Championships, respectively, following one of the strongest bidding processes in the history of the sport’s flagship event.

Four Africans (two men and two women) clinched titles in their events at the World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Triple-Jump

One leap was all it took for Saly Sarr to secure the triple jump title at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Sunday (13), but only just.

Thirty-two athletes were crowned 2026 Wanda Diamond League champion at the series final in Brussels on Friday and Saturday.

The 2026 Wanda Diamond League season is over and 32 of the world’s best athletes are now on their way home with a Diamond Trophy in their luggage.

The Interim President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) paid a working visit to CAA headquarters in Dakar from August 29 to September 2, 2026. During this visit, many topics were discussed, including the dates of the Regional Elective Congresses.

In agreement with the Local Organizing Committee, a slight adjustment has been made to the dates of the CAA events to be held in Eswatini in 2027.

General Jackson Tuwei, Acting President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), is currently visiting Dakar, Senegal. He will use this visit to hold meetings with CAA Director General Lamine Faty and his staff. Dakar is home to the CAA headquarters.

General Tuwei has been serving as Acting President of the CAA since the passing of President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum on May 13, 2026, in Yaounde, Cameroon.

The new CAA president will be elected at the 31st CAA Congress, scheduled for March 19, 2027, in Mbabane, Eswatini.

Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha regained the world half marathon record*, running 56:51 at the Media Maratón Ciudad de Buenos Aires, a World Athletics Label road race, in the Argentinean capital on Sunday (23).

With that performance, Kejelcha took 29 seconds off the world record of 57:20* set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon in March – a mark that is pending ratification – to regain a world record he set in Valencia in October 2024 with a 57:30 clocking.

Kiplimo had clocked 56:42 in Barcelona last year, but it could not be ratified as a world record because the race conditions were not fully compliant with World Athletics rules.