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May
21
2024
By MAHFOUD AMARA
Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

Al Ahly and Esperance highlight the dominance of North Africa in club football. Lessons for other African teams

FOOTBALL
AL AHLY, based in Cairo, and Esperance, in Tunis, are among the most successful clubs in the history of the main club cup competition in Africa, the CAF Champions League. Al Ahly has reached the finals multiple times and boasts 11 titles, making it the most successful club in the competition’s history. Similarly, Esperance has secured the title multiple times. These successes have not occurred by accident. The two clubs have financial muscle, effective management systems and large fan bases. These factors not only boost their performances in competition but also influence their strategic decisions at the Confederation of African…
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Feb
13
2024
By The African Mirror
Morocco dinosaur discovery gives clues on why they went extinct

Morocco dinosaur discovery gives clues on why they went extinct

SCIENCE, TECH AND INNOVATION
66 million years ago, the last dinosaurs vanished from Earth. We’re still trying to understand why. New fossils of abelisaurs – distant relatives of the tyrannosaurs – from North Africa suggest that African dinosaurs remained diverse up to the very end. And that suggests their demise came suddenly, with the impact of a giant asteroid. NICHOLAS R. LONGRICH, Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath The causes of the mass extinction have been debated for two centuries. Georges Cuvier, the father of palaeontology, thought extinction was driven by catastrophes. Charles…
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May
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Fan death, crowd trouble mar CAF Champions league ties in North Africa

Fan death, crowd trouble mar CAF Champions league ties in North Africa

SPORT
Casablanca authorities have opened an investigation after a fan died outside the gates of the Stade Mohammed V before Raja's match against Al-Ahly in the CAF Champions League quarter-finals. Moroccan media reported that the fan, a 29-year-old woman, died in the crush as thousands of fans tried to get into the ground to watch Raja try and overturn a 2-0 deficit from the first leg in Egypt. "Aziz El Badrawy, President of Al-Raja Club Athletic, in his name and on behalf of all members of the club, extends his deepest condolences to the family of the fan, Noura, who passed…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Spain-Morocco relations strained

Spain-Morocco relations strained

NEWS
JON NAZCA and MARIANO VALLADOLID A sudden influx of migrants swimming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa is a serious crisis for Europe, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday, vowing to re-establish order promptly amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Morocco. Spain deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after around 8,000 migrants, many from Sub-Saharan Africa and including some 1,500 minors, entered the enclave on Monday and Tuesday by swimming in or climbing over the fence. Armoured vehicles were guarding Ceuta's beach on Tuesday, and soldiers and police used batons to clear migrants from…
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