Nigeria, March 29 -- Moroccans. I love Moroccans. They are a fine people with a very rich history and culture. But in the last six decades their country has been in the news, often for the wrong reasons.
They are now known for being intolerant, divisive, quarrelsome, arrogant, but subservient and unscrupulous.
When it was to host the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, some of us with knowledge of the Moroccan politics thought it was not a good idea.
We were not disappointed when the games were marked, not with the friendship associated with football, but tension and intolerance on and off the pitch. Visiting fans were harassed. Moroccan officials and ball boys regularly stole the hand towels of goalkeepers and openly wrestled pla...