From Cape to Cairo, Morocco to Madagascar, Africa will be rooting for Morocco’s Atlas Lions after they became the first African and Arab country to reach the milestone of qualifying for the semifinals of the football World Cup where they will face world champions France on Wednesday.

Despite rumblings by the likes of the EFFs Mbuyiselo Ndlozi, who feel that Morocco’s achievement should not be celebrated because of the country’s occupation of Western Sahara, this should not dampen the mood of celebration and expectation gripping the African continent...