AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoYouth Olympics: Dakar’s historic Youth Olympic Games open Saturday, bringing more than 2,700 young athletes to Africa’s first Olympic event. IOC President Kirsty Coventry is in Senegal, as the Games face scrutiny over public costs and the return of Russian athletes under their flag. Debt: Moody’s cut Senegal’s foreign-currency debt rating to Ca, warning that external private creditors could face losses of 35% to 65%; the local-currency rating remains Caa2. Casamance: Security forces freed 30 people detained in a raid that dismantled a symbolic separatist camp near Ziguinchor, though an MFDC-linked source said two people remained in custody. Travel: Senegal’s Schengen visa refusal rate rose to 51.9% in 2025, more than three times the global average. Football: CAF reversed plans to make the Africa Cup of Nations a four-year event, keeping the tournament on a two-year cycle.
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