Senegal football fans return home after royal pardon in Morocco
Key takeaways
- Fans arrested in Morocco in the aftermath of the AFCON 2025 final returned on a humanitarian pardon by Moroccan king.
- King Mohammed VI granted the fans a pardon “on humanitarian grounds” on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Morocco’s royal court said on Saturday.
- Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye welcomed the jubilant supporters on their arrival at the airport outside Dakar on Sunday.
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Fans arrested in Morocco in the aftermath of the AFCON 2025 final returned on a humanitarian pardon by Moroccan king.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Senegalese supporters who were granted a royal pardon in Morocco arrive at Blaise Diagne airport in Ndiass, Senegal, on May 24, 2026 [Seyllou/AFP]By AFPPublished On 24 May 202624 May 2026A group of Senegalese football supporters jailed following their country’s chaotic, violence-plagued Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final in Morocco in January have returned home after being pardoned by the Moroccan king.
King Mohammed VI granted the fans a pardon “on humanitarian grounds” on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Morocco’s royal court said on Saturday.