4th Youth Olympic Games opens in Dakar, Senegal

Dakar, Nov 1 (UNI) The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) opened on Saturday, marking the first time an Olympic event has been hosted on African soil. The opening ceremony took place at the 55,000-seat Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, a new city located 30 km from Senegal's capital of Dakar. According to the organizing committee, Khady Niang, the ceremonies director, said the show allows Africa to "tell the world who we are, where we come from and where we want to go." Held in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly from October 31 to November 13, the fourth edition of the…