Flame lit in Athens for Africa's first ever Olympic event, Youth Games in Dakar

The flame for the Dakar Youth Olympics was lit in Athens on Thursday for the first Olympic competition ever staged in Africa. International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, the organization’s first African and first female le…
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