The
Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced Equatorial Guinea as the new host of the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON following the withdrawal of hitherto designated
hosts, Morocco (here).
The African
football governing body said in a statement that Equatorial Guinean President
Teodoro Obiang had accepted a request from CAF president Issa Hayatou to stage
the tournament from 17 January to 8 February as originally scheduled.
New host
Equatorial Guniea are not new to hosting CAF tournaments having successfully
hosted the Women’s Nations Cup and jointly hosted the 2012 edition of the
AFCON.
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