Rabat- Morocco announced its final decision to postpone the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to fears of the Ebola virus, according to a press release issued on Saturday by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The press release has since gone viral on social media since it was riddled with errors.
On Saturday, Moroccan and international media, along with many Moroccan social media users anticipated Morocco’s final decision regarding AFCON 2015. A few hours after the Ministry of Youth and Sports issued the press release that announced the Moroccan decision, social media users noticed that it contained several errors in punctuation, as well as in grammar and style
The press release, which was written in French, went viral on social media, as Moroccan Facebook and Twitter users started underlining the errors in red and sharing their corrections, criticizing the Ministry of Youths and Sports.
The Ministry’s press release resulting in tarnishing the reputation of the Minister of Youth and Sports. A Twitter user named Abdlulaah Abaakil wrote in a post that ‘’the quality of this news release issued by Ministry of Youth and Sports, has at least the merit of showing us that Ouzzine lied about his diplomas.’’
The errors contained in the press release were noticed by the Algerian Television, too. Algeria’s Annahar news mocked the press release, saying that it contained a lot of errors and ‘’was written in poor and bad language.’'
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