The SA Football Association (Safa) revealed on Thursday that Libya had made the request to swap the hosting of the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Libya were expected to host the 2013 edition of the tournament, but with political revolt still lingering over the North African state, they opted to switch with South Africa, who were marked for the 2017 edition of the continental showpiece.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article