OSMA BACKGROUND

The Organization of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) is a continental organisation made up of the Armed Forces of African Member countries. It is the African representation of the International Military Sports Council (CISM). OSMA has thus endorsed CISM's basic principles and motto:"Friendship through Sport" OSMA's main objective is to promote friendly sporting and physical training activities among the Armed Forces of member states, in order to foster the culture of peace needed for the economic development and the integration of the African continent. The Headquarters of OSMA is in YAOUNDE. Cameroon. OSMA was founded by Maj Gen Ishola Williams of Nigeria and Col Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon. It is being adopted in 1994 at the 49th CISM General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey. Its 1st General Assembly only took place on 25 March 2008, in Algiers, Algeria, under the high patronage of H.E. Abdelaziz Bouteflika President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

News Briefs

TEAM NIGERIA LIFTS THE CHAMPION'S TROPHY

It was a wonderful moment when Nigeria was crowned Champions of the 2nd African Military Games AMGA2024 Abuja. Nigeria presented high-profile athletes in all disciplines, which resulted in the high number of medals they amassed to become the overall champions.

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THE AMGA MEDAL TABLE

The AMGA Medal table reads as follows with Nigeria keeping almost 90% of the medals

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ALGERIA VICE -CHAMPIONS OF AMGA

Team Algeria came to Nigeria for serious business as champions were made and records broken in so many disciplines, the bagged home 96 medals 114 of which were golds, making the well-deserved vice-champions of the the AMGA 2024

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NIGERIA EMERGES CHAMPIONS OF AMGA

Nigeria presented top-level military sportsmen and women who dominated the entire AMGA game. This is reflected in the number of gold medals amassed by Team Nigeria: 234 medals in total, with 114 being Gold. Team Nigeria naturally emerged as the champions, securing a comfortable victory at the top with a wide margin from the runner-up Algeria

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ALGERIAN MILITARY ATHLETE WINS OLYMPIC MEDAL

Sergeant SEDJATI Djamel, member of the Algerian national Military and Civilian selections during the recent Olympic Games of Paris 2024 won the Bronze Medal in the BOOM race, marking a significant milestone in the History of the Algerian Military Sport. This outstanding performance testifies not only the commitment and the dedication of the military athlete, but also the quality of the military coaching provided alongside him, and the sports facilities made available to military athletes.

By Raimy

WORKING VISIT OF THE OSMA PRESIDENTTO GHANA

The President of OSMA, Major General Maikano Abdullahi (Nig) in the prelude to the 8th OSMA Board of Directors Meeting which will be hosted by the Ghanian delegation next year, paid a curtsey visit to the Ghanian Military Autorities in a bit to promote the ideals of OSMA among the Authorities and also to prepare grounds for the smooth organisation of the forthcoming Board of Director’s meeting. This working visit is part of the President’s enlarged scheduled visits for the year 2024, which is aimed at sensitising and promoting OSMA values amongst the High Authorities of member countries to boost visibility and also incite a massive participation in the upcoming 2nd African Military Games in Abuja. From Ghana, the President will visit Burkina Faso, Tchad, Congo Republic before the end of the year. During his visit, he equally took the opportunity to visit the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Ghana in the person of Colonel David KABRE the former OSMA President.

By Raimy

THE 2ND AFRICAN MILITARY GAMES (AMGA ABUJA 2024)

The African Military Games took place from the 18th to 30th November 2024 in the beautiful city of Abuja. Over 20 countries responded present and were to compete in 19 disciplines. It was a tremendous task for the Nigerian delegation to handle but being the giant of Africa Nigeria lived to the task. All athletes were accommodated and feed in one of the best hotels in the city. The opening ceremony which were conducted in the Moshod Abiola national stadium was one of the most flamboyant and colourful events OSMA has recently seen. Top ranking government officials were on seat and the chief of Defence Staff, CG Musa welcomed all the participants to Nigeria. The Games were declared open on the 22nd of November 2024. Abuja will experience one of the highest military sporting moments for 2 weeks on a role. .

AMGA SPORTS COMPETITION

The Nigerian Delegation earmarked 19 disciplines and over 20 countries participated in various disciplines, football, handball, basketball, tennis, golf, boxing, obstacles crossing, judo, taekwondo and a lot more. Nigeria top the medal table with 114 Gold Medals, 65 Silver Medals and 55 Bronze, while Algeria came second with 53 Gold Medals, 22 Silver and 12 Bronze. Kenya came 3rd with 21 Gold Medals, 17 Silver and 12 Bronze. In overall this was one of the most successful event of OSMA. .

CAMBOXE 2024

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The Moroccan Delegation has confirmed the organisation of the 6th CAMBOXE in Rabat by 2024

GREAT LAKES GAMES

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The Maiden Edition of the Games will be held in August 2024 in Kinshasa

AFRICAN MILITARY GAMES

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The African Military Games are scheduled for Abuja-Nigeria in 2024, which is expected to welcome about 500 Athletes from 40 African Countries.

THE 9TH OSMA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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The 9th General Assembly of OSMA is scheduled for Juba, South Sudan in 2006