AFCON: Senegal slams Morocco over prison sentences, fines for 18 fans
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 21/02/2026
The Senegalese Football Federation has criticised a Moroccan court ruling that sentenced 18 Senegalese supporters following disturbances at last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final, calling the punishment excessive.The fans were detained on January 18 after the AFCON final in Morocco and were sentenced on Thursday to prison terms ranging from three to 12 months.In a report by Al Jazeerah English on Friday, Bacary Cisse, president of the federation’s communications committee, reacted strongly to the ruling.“We express our profound dismay and distress following the verdict,” Cisse told the (…)
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