Senegal thanks foreign reinforcements for Dakar 2026 YOG
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Senegalese Interior Minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé thanked reinforcements from France, Spain, the United States and Interpol for helping secure the Dakar 2026 YOG. The 12 November ceremony conveyed President Faye and Prime Minister Lô’s gratitude.
Senegal’s Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé, paid tribute on 12 November to reinforcements from France, Spain, the United States and Interpol who contributed to security at the Dakar 2026 YOG. He conveyed the thanks of President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Amine Lo, the government and the Senegalese people, according to Senego, citing Senegal7.
The ceremony also recognised the work of Senegal’s defence and security forces mobilised during the Youth Olympic Games. On 26 October, France sent a contingent of 53 police officers, gendarmes and civil security specialists to Dakar to take part in security arrangements for the Dakar 2026 YOG.
The ceremony to express thanks was held after the close of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Amine Lo had already paid tribute to President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye on 14 November for his involvement in the Dakar 2026 YOG, according to Senego.
