African Judo Union
The African Judo Union is the governing body of judo in Africa. It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation. AJU was formed on 28 November 1961 in Dakar. AJU has headquarters in Madagascar and consists of 54 member federations.
History
The African Judo Union was founded on 28 November 1961 in Dakar, Senegal under the name of Union Afro-Malgache de Judo . The first competitions were tha African Championships in 1964 in Dakar and the African Games in 1965 in Brazzaville.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:- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Federation [Burkinabe de Judo|Burkina Faso]
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Rep.
- Chad
- Comoros
- Fédération de la [République du Congo de Judo|Congo]
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Egyptian Judo, [Aikido and Sumo Federation|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