The head of the International Olympic Committee discusses the significance of Africa hosting the Youth Olympic Games.
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The agreement ends a 33-year absence from the continent and puts a purpose-built circuit in Bugesera at the centre of Rwanda’s plans to expand tourism, investment and international sports business.
Favour Ojo began playing table tennis on a wooden plank in her family compound. Five years later, the 16-year-old is preparing to represent Nigeria at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, with her sights set on the senior Olympics.
Opposition figures arrested and disappeared since President Hakainde Hichilema claimed August victory.
