Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye declared the Dakar Youth Olympic Games open on the evening of Saturday, October 31, according to 每日经济新闻. The opening ceremony for the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games took place at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio.
Diamniadio sits roughly 30 kilometers east of Dakar, the capital. The event is the first Olympic competition to be staged in Africa, 每日经济新闻 reports.
The ceremony drew the Games' fourth summer edition into official competition. Further details of the program were not included in the report.
What to watch next: competition at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games is now underway, with the event running in and around the capital region.
