Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games: The truth about the PRES’s 45 billion CFA francs for the competition

Author: senenews.comPublished on: November 3, 2026Country: Senegal

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Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games: The truth about the PRES’s 45 billion CFA francs for the competition

Pastef officials have described the Economic and Social Recovery Plan (PRES) as a source of funding for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Thierno Mamadou Baldé, a representative of BudgIT Senegal, confirms that about 45 billion CFA francs were earmarked for the Games in the 2026 initial finance law. It remains unclear whether the funds were actually mobilized and disbursed, as the amended finance law and the finance minister’s explanations have not resolved all the ambiguities.

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