CAF Apologizes to Morocco for Flag Error in Africa Cup of Nations Anthem Video
A huge typo crept into the clip of the official anthem of the competition, entitled "All together", presented on Wednesday, June 19 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The flag of the so-called "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" was inserted into the clip, by mistake.
Following protests from the Kingdom to the CAF, the flag was finally removed from the video clip, and the pan-African body officially apologized to Morocco.
According to an official statement, "the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Faouzi Lekjaa, strongly protested on Thursday to the CAF and the organizers of the CAN and the problem was quickly resolved".
The official clip of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, unveiled by CAF, is performed by the Egyptian singer, Hakim, as well as two other artists of different nationalities, the Nigerian, Femi Kuti and the Ivorian, Dobet Gnahoré.
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