Morocco to launch mini-African Nations tournament “inside prisons”

The tournament will take place on Thursday at the local prison in Tamesna, near Rabat, in a festival that showcases traditional African sports and culture.

The Moroccan News Agency quoted the Prison Service as saying that this does not only involve matches, “as it also includes showing matches.” Africa Cup of Nations “In prison institutions, in addition to analytical discussions and discussions with former players and sports journalists, as well as cultural events with the help of social organizations.”

Prisons in Marrakesh, Tangier, Fez, Casablanca, and Agadir will also host matches in collaboration with local clubs “in line with a vision that aims to promote social and cultural values ​​in prisons, and integrate inmates both nationally and internationally.”

The organization emphasized that the project provides “a strong commitment to the participation of male and female prisoners Prison institutions Within the power of the country and the continent, I am helping them to participate in the shows and the different stations of the country and the continent in a way that achieves the goals of rehabilitation and rehabilitation and in a way that connects the openness of the prison to its external environment. “

The Africa Cup of Nations will take place Morocco Between December 21st and January 18th.