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
