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

Abbreviation	AJU
Formation	28 November 1961; 63 years ago (1961-11-28)
Headquarters	Antananarivo, Madagascar
Region served	Africa
Members	54 Judo federations
Official languages	English French Arabic
President	Siteny Randrianasoloniako
Vice-Presidents	Mohamed Meridja Alfred Foloko
General Secretary	Estony Hattingh-Pridgeon
General Treasurer	Chafik El Kettani
Main organ	AJU Congress
Parent organization	IJF
Website	africajudo.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 Championships
• African Games
• African Junior Judo Championships
• African Cadet Judo Championships
• African Judo Kata Championships
• African Judo Opens

Members

The 54 members of the AJU are:^[5]

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

See also

• List of judo organizations