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  "id": 17202719,
  "title": "Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games: the gen on the Next Gen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/dakar-2026-youth-olympic-games-the-gen-on-the-next-gen",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T08:30:08.000Z",
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  "summary": "From 31 October to 13 November 2026, Dakar will host the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the first Olympic event to be staged on the African continent. Here is what you need to know about the Games.",
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        "title": "Africa’s Olympic moment arrives as Dakar hosts Youth Games amid economic woes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/africas-olympic-moment-arrives-as-dakar-hosts-youth-games-amid",
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        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "All you need to know about the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-dakar-2026-youth-olympics",
        "published": "2026-10-27T07:22:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Youth Olympics: Nigeria names 19 athletes for Dakar 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/youth-olympics-nigeria-names-19-athletes-for-dakar-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-28T08:54:22.000Z"
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        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Africa's first Youth Olympics open in Senegal amid hope and scrutiny",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/africas-first-youth-olympics-open-in-senegal-amid-hope-and-scrutiny",
        "published": "2026-10-28T09:08:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "All you need to know about the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-dakar-2026-youth-olympics",
        "published": "2026-10-28T11:15:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "All you need to know about the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-dakar-2026-youth-olympics",
        "published": "2026-10-30T07:06:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Senegal gears up for historic 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/senegal-gears-up-for-historic-2026-youth-olympic-games-in-dakar",
        "published": "2026-10-30T10:58:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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