CANA is the African Swimming Confederation: Confédération Africaine de Natation. It is the Continental Association charged with overseeing swimming for Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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CANA was founded in 1970, with 7 members. As of 2008, the Confederation now boast 43 members.

Mustapha Larfaoui

Mustapha Larfaoui

Mustapha Larfaoui is a member of the International Olympic Committee from Algeria. From 1988-March 24, 2009 he served as President of FINA, the international federation that oversees Aquatics. He was the first African to hold the FINA presidency...

 of Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 is the current CANA President.

Members

CANA is geographically divided into four (4) Zones, each of which hosts its own Age Group Championships. The Zones are as follows:

Zone	Members
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2		Congo Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...		DR Congo
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Other African FINA Members

Competitions

• African Swimming Championships
  African Swimming Championships
  African Swimming Championships are the African championships in the sport of Swimming. It is organised by the African Swimming Confederation and held biennially....
  
  (biennial, in even years; next is September 2010 in Casablanca, Morocco)
• African Junior Swimming Championships
• African Zone Swimming Championships (annual; multiple locations)