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North Africa’s two contenders in the Women’s African Cup of Nations have made it through to the knockout stages of the competition, setting up two fiery quarter-finals as they vie for a spot in next year’s Women’s World Cup. Hosts Morocco, nicknamed the ‘Atlas Lionesses’, eased through the group stages with comfortable wins against Uganda, Burkina Faso and Senegal in front of packed home crowds. They have earned themselves a meeting with underdogs Botswana in the last eight on Wednesday. On the other side of the draw to Morocco, Tunisia now face tournament frontrunners South Africa in a tricki…