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.

Dear members of the great family of African athletics,
Dear Friends,
In a few hours, we will separate ourselves from the year 2022 which was the year of rebirth, unlike previous years marked by the pandemic which blocked our ambitions and made it difficult to implement many of our projects, both at the CAA and at the level of each of the member federations. Despite our best efforts, we had some particularly unpleasant moments in our experience within the sports movement.

The Confederation of African Athletics -CAA- has signed a memorandum of understanding -MOU- with the Zambian government through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Arts for the hosting of the 2023 Under 18 and under 20 African Athletics Championship.

Zambia is from 19th April to 3rd May 2023 hosting the second edition of the under 18/20 African Athletics Championships at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.