Maher Mezahi

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Football fans in Morocco showed their support for the boycott through slogans on the stadiums and graffiti on the walls of big cities. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

AFRICAN FOOTBALL

The secret of North Africa’s football dominance

The CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup and Super Cup are are held by North African teams. What’s behind the region’s footballing dominance?

Maher Mezahi

On February 22, 2019, thousands of people demonstrate in Algiers and several other cities in the first major protests against Bouteflika’s candidacy in a presidential election set for April. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)

ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA

Football fans, Algeria’s invisible catalyst

Protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika have been fanned by football followers, whose stadium chants have been heard across the country

Maher Mezahi