African Judo Union

The African Judo Union (AJU) is the governing body of judo in Africa. It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation (IJF).[1] AJU was formed on 28 November 1961 in Dakar (Senegal).[2][3] AJU has headquarters in Madagascar and consists of 54 member federations.

African Judo Union
AbbreviationAJU
Formation28 November 1961 (1961-11-28)
HeadquartersAntananarivo, Madagascar
Region served
Africa
Members
54 Judo federations
Official languages
English
French
Arabic
President
Madagascar Siteny Randrianasoloniako
Vice-Presidents
Algeria Mohamed Meridja
Zambia Alfred Foloko
General Secretary
Botswana Estony Hattingh-Pridgeon
General Treasurer
Morocco Chafik El Kettani
Main organ
AJU Congress
Parent organization
IJF
Websiteafricajudo.org

History

The African Judo Union was founded on 28 November 1961 in Dakar, Senegal under the name of Union Afro-Malgache de Judo (UAMJ). The first competitions were tha African Championships in 1964 in Dakar and the African Games in 1965 in Brazzaville.[4]

Tournaments
  • African Judo Senior Championships
  • African Games
  • African Judo Championships for Juniors
  • African Judo Championships for Cadets
  • African Judo Kata Championships
  • African Judo Opens

Members

The 54 members of the AJU are:[5]

  • Algeria Algeria
  • Angola Angola
  • Benin Benin
  • Botswana Botswana
  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
  • Burundi Burundi
  • Cameroon Cameroon
  • Cape Verde Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic Central African Rep.
  • Chad Chad
  • Comoros Comoros
  • Republic of the Congo Congo
  • Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
  • Djibouti Djibouti
  • Egypt Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini Eswatini
  • Ethiopia Ethiopia
  • Gabon Gabon
  • The Gambia Gambia
  • Ghana Ghana
  • Guinea Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya Kenya
  • Lesotho Lesotho
  • Liberia Liberia
  • Libya Libya
  • Madagascar Madagascar
  • Malawi Malawi
  • Mali Mali
  • Mauritania Mauritania
  • Mauritius Mauritius
  • Morocco Morocco
  • Mozambique Mozambique
  • Namibia Namibia
  • Niger Niger
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • Réunion Réunion
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal Senegal
  • Seychelles Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
  • Somalia Somalia
  • South Africa South Africa
  • South Sudan South Sudan
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Togo Togo
  • Tunisia Tunisia
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Tanzania Tanzania
  • Zambia Zambia
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

See also

References
  1. "Countries / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. "Le judo au Sénégal (p. 37)" (PDF). beep.ird.fr. Omar Danga Loum.
  3. "Présidence de l'Union africaine de judo". dakaractu.com. 9 April 2021.
  4. "L'histoire du judo au Sénégal". senegal-judo.com.
  5. "African Judo Union Members (54)". ijf.org. 2007.
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