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Dakar prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games in 2026

Original: jeux olympiques de la jeunesse

Senegal is getting ready to stage the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in 2026, the first Olympic event ever held on African soil. Organisers highlight the games as a driver of development, infrastructure and organisational capacity for Senegal and the wider continent. The opening ceremony plans and figures are already being presented, and attention is turning to the legacy the event could leave for Africa.

Why now: New details about the Dakar 2026 opening ceremony are drawing attention to Africa's first Olympic event.

DakarSenegalInternational Olympic CommitteeYouth Olympic Games

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Evidence

• Développement, héritage, capacité d’organisation… Les JO de la jeunesse, un premier événement olympique en Afrique qui se veut moteur pour le Sénégal et le continent · franceinfo
• JOJ Dakar 2026 : la cérémonie d'ouverture en chiffres · Olympics

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