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Refugee athletes compete for more than medals at Youth Olympics

For Rachid Rochene and Lourence Numukiza, both 16, the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games are about more than sport. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they fled violence and still live as refugees, in Uganda and in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp as members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team.

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02:01It's surprising when people are going under bed and what's happening.
02:05Gangs are shouting.
02:07People are shouting.
02:32Now it's 16 years.
02:34So you're outside the refugee camp.
02:36How you want to achieve that?
02:40I'm sure Southland is not the adoption.
02:43Yeah, the situation in Kenya, I mean, many people say...
02:50It's just Nairobi, I just save it's turn and see other opportunities.
02:57I've seen comms.
02:59I've walked to the hospital.
02:59Yeah.
03:03Yeah.
03:05Yeah.
03:21I've.
03:23No.
03:24You

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