Olympic flame arrives in Senegal ahead of Africa’s first ever Olympic sporting event

The Olympic flame was welcomed by music and dancing in Senegal ‘s capital Saturday, as a march by 100 women marked the countdown to the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa — the Youth Olympic Games.

More than a hundred people gathered at Dakar’s Place du Souvenir Africain, a waterfront plaza overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by portraits of prominent figures from Africa and its diaspora, to greet the flame ahead of…