The fear of Ebola: as morroco dump AFCON

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.
Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/