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.
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The OSMA inspection team arrived Abuja on Sunday 22nd September for the inspection and evaluation of the sporting infrastructures to host the African Military Games 2024. The inspection proper started on Monday the 23rd with the visit to some military sporting facilities, which will host indoors and outdoors games. The sporting facilities visited actually meets the international norms and offer a varied range of quality facilities that meet the standards of high-level completions. On the second day, the evaluation team visited other sports facilities, health facilities and accommodation site, which is the luxury Abuja Continental. The followed the visit to the Chief of Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces to tender a report of the evaluation mission, The OSMA evaluation team ended their inspection mission on Thursday with the visit to Chief of Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The team brought to the Chief of Defence Staff a satisfactory report of the facility inspection, which was an overall positive. The Chief of Defence Staff promise all his support to the hosting of this major sporting event of OSMA come November and invites all African Armed forces to Visit Nigerian where they are going to be treated to first class African hospitality. As it stands, Nigeria is 100 percent ready to host the games in November
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The OSMA President and CISM Vice-President for Africa, Major General Maikano Abdullahi, accompanied by the Chief Delegate CISM/OSMA Nigeria AVM AT Marquis were bearers of a sealed invitation from the Chief of Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces addressed to the Founder of OSMA Colonel HAMAD KALKABA MALBOUM, to attend the 2nd African Military Games scheduled for Abuja come November 2024. Colonel Kalkaba Malboum, was so move by this mark of confidences bestowed on him and promise to attend this event come November. The handing of the invitation was covered live in Yaounde by the CRTV Sports and Cameroon Tribune. The President returns to Nigeria with a note of satisfaction on their mission to Yaounde.
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Tanzania organised the 79th CISM General Assembly and Congress in Dar es Salaam from the 12th to 19th May 2024, with over 80 member countries from around the group attending. The Assembly recorder a tremendous success and uplifted the honour of Africa as this is the most successful event organised on the African soil.
The Continental meeting on the sideline of the 79th General Assembly and Congress was chaired by the current President Major General Maikano Abdullahi, and was ably assisted by the Secretary General Captain de Frégate DJENDOLA Pierre. The mandate of the President was renewed in Abuja by the a unanimous acclamation of the Delegates present. Amongst the resolutions taken in this meeting were, the confirmation of Major General Maikano Abdullahi as the CISM Vice-President for Africa, the election of Colonel Sisoko from Mali as CISM African Board of Directors member and the co-optation of General Nyowani from Zimbabwe as CISM African BOD Member for one year pending elections.
The major activity on the calendar of activities this year be the 2nd African Military Games AMGA 2024 in Abuja. All is set to receive 54 African nations in Abuja come November for this sporting jamboree.
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The Moroccan Delegation has confirmed the organisation of the 6th CAMBOXE in Rabat by 2024
The Maiden Edition of the Games will be held in August 2024 in Kinshasa
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 General Assembly of OSMA is scheduled for Juba, South Sudan in 2006