Analysis · January 2026
Algeria–Morocco: football as proxy war
How AFCON 2025 became the latest battlefield of an information war.
↑ Drag the handle to move through time7 min read · 8 August 2026
Chapter 1 of 5AnalysisInfrastructure attacks
Sept – Dec 2025
Pre-tournament attack
Sept – Dec 2025Algerian outlets open a coordinated campaign against Morocco’s hosting capacity. Withdrawal threatened over the e-visa system; the “invisible host” strategy begins.
Notes and sourcesFact-check archive, AFCON claimsCoordinated inauthentic behaviour report
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Notes and sources
1Coordinated inauthentic behaviour report — Platform transparency centre, platform data, 31 January 2026 ·Primary
2CAF competition statements — Confédération Africaine de Football, federation, 21 January 2026 ·Primary
3Fact-check archive, AFCON claims — Independent verification desk, fact-check, 31 January 2026
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