Martin Faye inspects security centre for Youth Olympic Games
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
General Martin Faye, Senegal’s High Commander of the National Gendarmerie, visited the Operations Coordination Centre responsible for security at the Youth Olympic Games on 11 November 2026. He received an operations briefing and called on teams to remain vigilant until the Games close, Seneweb reports.
Major General Martin Faye, High Commander of the Senegalese National Gendarmerie and director of military justice, visited the Operations Coordination Centre of the National Committee for Security Coordination for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on 11 November 2026. He was given a presentation of the centre’s various units and an interim report on operations to secure the Youth Olympic Games, according to Seneweb.
Martin Faye then visited the video surveillance room and the communications service before meeting officers in the crisis room. He congratulated the teams and urged them to step up their vigilance as the Youth Olympic Games activities approach their close, according to Seneweb.
The major general also stressed the consolidation of integrated organisation and the need to maintain coordination between the various forces involved in securing the Youth Olympic Games, Seneweb reports. The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games are taking place from 31 October to 13 November, according to the schedule previously announced by the organisers.
