In a shocking twist of events, the Confederation of African football
(CAF) is expected to look for a new host for the 2015 African Nations
Cup as agreed hosts, Morocco, on Thursday, announced that they will no
longer be hosting the bi-annual football tournament.
The North
African country, who interestingly will be hosting the FIFA World Club
tournament, had earlier asked CAF to postpone the tournament due to the
spread of Ebola virus in parts of West Africa.
However, the
continental football body insisted that the tournament would go ahead in
January 2015 as originally scheduled. It was in this light that Morocco
has now informed CAF that the tournament poses health and security risk
to its citizens if it should hold on the earlier agreed date. And since
both parties could not reach a compromise, they are no longer
interested in hosting the competition.
Morocco’s withdrawal puts
the leadership of CAF in a desperate position. With less than three
months to go to the kickoff of the competition, the continental football
governing body is yet to announce replacement for the North African
country.
Already, host of the 2013 edition, South Africa are
said to be on standby to host the tournament while Ghana is also said to
be ready to host the football showpiece.
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