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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Banchereau

Olympic flame arrives in Senegal for the first Olympic event to be held in Africa

Senegal Youth Olympics - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Olympic flame was welcomed by music and dancing in Senegal 's capital on Saturday, as a march by 100 women marked the countdown to the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa.

Hundreds of people gathered at Dakar’s Place du Souvenir Africain, a waterfront plaza overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by portraits of prominent figures from Africa and its diaspora, to greet the flame ahead of the Youth Olympic Games next month.

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