By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business News
Swimmer Rami Rahmouni, trained in Tunisia but representing Saudi Arabia, won gold in the 400-metre freestyle at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games in 3 minutes 47 seconds and 86 hundredths. Aged 17, he secured his first Youth Olympic title after his Saudi naturalisation was confirmed in February, according to results reported by the press.
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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.
3 NovKenya beat Australia 17-12 to win women’s rugby sevens at Youth Olympics
3 NovSenegal lose 14-5 to United States in women’s rugby at Youth Olympics
2 NovYouth Olympics: Kuti and Ojo eliminated from table tennisEgyptian swimmer Ali Zain, 17, won the 100m butterfly at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in 52.16 seconds, ahead of Slovenia’s Kalan Aleksej. The victory, secured on Sunday 1 November, was the edition’s first African gold medal, according to RFI Afrique.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Source: Senego ·
Eswatini swimmer Luca Fraser finished sixth in his 200-metre breaststroke heat at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, in 2:32.05. Aged 16, he improved his personal best by two seconds and was still due to compete in the 50-metre breaststroke, the Times of Eswatini reports.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Times of Eswatini ·
Kenya’s women’s team won the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games women’s rugby sevens tournament by beating Australia 17-12 after extra time, reports Seneweb. According to Citizen Digital, the victory gives Kenya its first gold medal in the event, after a 17-5 pool-stage defeat by Australia and a 15-5 semi-final win over Madagascar.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Seneweb ·
Senegalese wushu athlete Worèye Ndiaye, competing at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, has withdrawn after a knee injury. She was hospitalised overnight at Dakar Principal Hospital and is in a stable condition, according to the Senegalese Kung Fu Wushu Federation.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senego ·
Twenty-three Tunisian solar projects enter testing phaseTwenty-three Tunisian solar projects, representing 34 megawatts, have reached the testing phase, while 12 megawatts are already in operation. Minister Salah Zouari also said Tunisia had fallen short by 1,550 megawatts during summer 2026 peaks and that the remaining final authorisations were expected in November, Webdo reports.
Egyptian weightlifter Abdelrahman Younes breaks 85kg world recordEgyptian weightlifter Abdelrahman Younes won three medals at the 2026 World Championships in Ningbo, including gold in the 85kg total with 390kg, a new world record. He also won silver in the snatch and bronze in the clean and jerk, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Youth and Sports.The week in Africa
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