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Senegal to Host Africa's First Olympic Event at Dakar 2026

Senegal is set to make history by hosting the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, becoming the first African nation to stage an Olympic event. The Games will open on October 31, marking a landmark moment for the continent, which has produced Olympic champions for decades but has never before hosted an Olympic competition. Originally awarded to Dakar in 2018, the Games were scheduled for 2022 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, giving…
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Three months before the opening of the Olympic Youth Games (JOJ) Dakar 2026, scheduled for 31 October, Senegal is accelerating the final preparations for a historic event. The security issue is now one of the top priorities of the authorities, which are increasing exchanges with their international partners, in particular France. In this context, Senegalese Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé, spoke this week b…

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AsiaOne News, AsiaOne Latest News, AsiaOne Magazine India | broke the news on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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