By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
South African Matao le Roux, 17, won the gold medal in the high jump at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar with 2.16 m. According to IOL, it is South Africa’s first Youth Olympic high jump gold, and the South African delegation equals its record medal haul.
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The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame arrives in Senegal and is celebrated in several countries, while Dakar prepares for the Games.
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10 NovDakar 2026 Youth Olympics: Praise Ugoh wins 400m gold for NigeriaMorocco's Maria Saadi won the silver medal in the women's long jump at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on Monday, with a jump of 5.89 m. She was beaten only by Italy's Poko Silvia Canape, according to MAP, which notes that this is the second medal for the Moroccan delegation.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Yabiladi ·
Mustapha Jadama gave Gambia its first medal at the Youth Olympics by taking silver in the men’s 400m in 46.93 seconds. The performance makes him the first Gambian Olympic medallist across all editions of the Olympic Games, according to Gambiana.
🇬🇲 Gambia · Source: Gambiana ·
Nigerian athletes won three athletics titles at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, including a double in the 100 m. Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former vice-president, congratulated them on X.
🌍 World · Source: Vanguard ·
Nigeria’s Praise Ugoh won women’s 400m gold at the Dakar Youth Olympics in 52.76 seconds, taking Nigeria’s athletics gold tally to three. She is the first Nigerian to win the event at the Games, according to Leadership.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Leadership ·
Unemployment rises to 33.7% in South AfricaSouth Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 33.7% in the third quarter of 2026, as job creation failed to keep pace with growth in the labour force. According to Statistics South Africa, 8.6 million people are jobless, and youth unemployment stands at 47.3%.
Football: Eswatini’s Sihlangu to face the Netherlands on 15 NovemberAfter their first historic match against Malta, Eswatini’s national football team is to play a friendly against the Netherlands on 15 November, according to the Eswatini Football Association. Its secretary general, Frederick Mngomezulu, said the trips would cost more than one million emalangeni, and the association’s president links these matches to the goal of qualifying for the AFCON and the World Cup.The week in Africa
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