sport 2010 african championships in athletics
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics ( CAA ), the continental association for the ___MASK90___ in Africa . Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised intermittently with nine editions held in fourteen years until 1993 . Following the tenth edition in 1996 it has been organised biennially on even years , and is always held in the same year as the Summer Olympics . The latest 20th edition was held in Durban , South Africa in June 2016 . The Confederation of African Athletics ( CAA ) ( also known by its French name Confédération Africaine d ' Athlétisme ) is the continental association for the ___MASK43___ in Africa . It is headquartered in Senegal . It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions . The body ' s president is Hamad Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon . The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi , Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010 .