African Cross Country Championships West Africa competing". A number of smaller regional championships have been held in Africa: the East African Cross Country Championships and the Maghreb Cross Country Championships in North Africa are both well-established competitions. West and Central African competitions have also been held in past years. African Cross Country Championships The African Cross Country Championships is a regional cross country running competition for athletes from Africa. The competition had a one off edition in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, and the medallists were mostly from the host nation. Following an announcement by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that the IAAF
African penguin South America, and the Galápagos penguin found in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. All are similar in shape, colour and behaviour. The African penguin is a member of the class Aves, and the order Sphenisciformes. It belongs to the penguin family Spheniscidae. It is classified as "Spheniscus demersus". The genus to which the African penguin belongs, "Spheniscus", derives from the Ancient Greek word "sphen", which means "wedge". This refers to their streamlined body shape. Its species name, "demersus", is a Latin word for "plunging". African penguins grow to tall and weigh between . They have a black stripe and