World Athletics President Sebastian Coe was elected for a third term at the 54th World Athletics Congress in Budapest on Thursday (17).

Ximena Restrepo was re-elected as a Vice President and will be joined by newly elected Vice Presidents Raul Chapado, Adille Sumariwalla and Jackson Tuwei.

A total of 192 voting members of Congress voted for Coe and three abstained. Under the World Athletics Constitution, this will be Coe’s final term as President.

The AADC residents of Dakar had a great harvest at the Games of La Francophonie which took place in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With 5 gold medals, 5 silver medals, 10 finalists, 8 personal bests and 1 Francophonie Games record, the results are very positive. This is to the credit of the CAA and particularly of the Director of AADC Amadou Dia Ba and his collaborators. With the support of President Hamad Kalkaba and Director General Lamine Faty, the Dakar center intends to maintain the course of excellence. 

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (1500m and 5000m) and Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma (3000m steeplechase) made athletics’ history by setting new world records in these events.

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon broke the 5,000m world record on Friday June 9, 2023 in Paris, just a week after having already broken the 1,500m record in Florence. In 14'05''20, Kipyegon (29) improved the time of Ethiopia ’s Letesenbet Gidey (14'06''62 in 2020), ranking second in the race on Friday evening (14'07''94).

The combined U18 / U20 African Championships scheduled from April 29 to May 03, 2023 are confirmed on this date but relocated to Ndola, another city in Zambia.

Indeed, the repair works on the track at the Lusaka stadium has been delayed due to technical constraints and will not allow the availability of the stadium before the Competitions.

Thus, on the proposal of the Zambian Government, the CAA accepted this change of venue but required some guarantees for the upgrading of the Ndola Stadium.

 However, the 30th CAA Congress, April 26-27, 2023, remains in Lusaka.

A 17 member organizing committee for the 2023 under 18 and under 20 Confederation of African Athletics -CAA- Junior Athletics Championships has been unveiled.

Minister of Sports Elvis Nkandu officially unveiled the Local Organizing Committee to spearhead the hosting of the CAA championships scheduled to be hosted in Lusaka, Zambia from 29th April to 3rd May this year.

The athletes of "AADC de Dakar" made a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the CAA in Dakar on Friday, February 17, 2023. They were the guests of the Chief Executive Officer Mr Lamine Faty and his collaborators who greatly appreciated these great moments of exchange.

The former Senegalese athlete, Kène Ndoye, triple jump and long jump specialist, died on Tuesday February 14, 2023 in Dakar, at the age of 44 following a long illness. Kène NDOYE (15m 00) is the holder of the second best African performance in Triple jump behind Cameroonian Françoise Mbango (15m39). Both were residents of the CIAD (former HPTC) in Dakar.

It was on January 17, 1973, on the occasion of the 2nd African Games, that the Constitutive Congress of the Confederation of African Amateur Athletics was held in the Conference Hall of the Institute of International Relations of Nigeria, in Lagos, (CAAA).

Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba and World Athletics president Seb Coe held discussions on Thursday pertaining to critical issues affecting Kenyan athletics, primarily doping.

Speaking with the press afterwards, Namwamba reiterated Kenya’s commitment to eradicating the doping vice by whatever means possible and thanked the world governing body for their relentless support.