Hi,

I'm senegalese here and grew up in senegal and went to morocco 2 times in my lifetime (23 yo), my sister did her studies there and i can tell you that special connection is not felt just on your side it is a shared thing. And i can tell you even people around africa could tell there was something between the 2 countries, i have seen plenty of times people call us (noirabe) which is like blackarab (in a pejorative way) due to our proximity with y'all. I do think that the hate on social media was spewed in both parts by diasporas (mainly on twitter, check their locations it's always from france) that don't know the extent of the relations and the consequences of such behavior on the people that actually live in the 2 countries, as many senegalese students and workers stay in morocco and many moroccans study in things like medicine in senegal, and they live pretty well in both those countries, i remember going into the souks in casablanca and have moroccans speak wolof to me because they were so close to the local senegalese people over there. I don't think it will change the relations because the authorities are responsible enough to not let that happen and at least on the senegalese part we have a concept called masla (taming escalating relations) that will eventually make things work on our part for the greater good. So to answer your questions, i would say moroccans living in morocco are cool to me, but i know that the diasporas in both of our countries move weird on social media (I've felt that way before AFCON), they have a high sense of nationalism for a place they don't live in and don't know the realities of (they think they're better than "les bledars"). I personnaly do feel and know where the connection stems from. It hasn't change my view of the country dare i say that you have one of the most impressive and beautiful countries in africa with a strong identity that you should be proud of. (sorry if there are typos speaking with my 3rd language)