DR Congo sports minister Baudouin Banza Mukalay Nsungu told RFI that they had put into consideration the challenge of hosting the tournament over a vast country in what is Africa's second largest nation.
Nsungu said the Congo River estuary port town of Matadi and central DR Congo city of Kisangani have also been identified as potential third and fourth host cities for the tournament.
"I know there is a problem of infrastructure, but we'll get started. It is an ambition of the government to stage the competition," Nsungu said.
The two-time champions, winners in 1968 and 1974, have never staged the Africa Cup.
DR Congo becomes the third country to express interest in staging the Africa Cup over the last month.
Uganda is planning a joint bid with Kenya, while Zambia too has expressed interest in hosting the 32nd edition of the event.
However, Morocco and Libya are expected to host the 2015 and 2017 editions respectively since Libya couldn't host the 2013 edition it's given the opportunity once again.
Kinshasa and Lubumbashi will be the DR Congo bid's prime match venues as said by the sports minister.
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Who in their right mind wants to visit DR Congo, the rape capital of the world? No just the rape capital of Africa, the rape capital of the entire globe. The Congo government condones rape, looting, and recruitment of child soldiers by its army. I don't want to call the minister stupid, but if he thinks that the biggest challenge to hosting the tournament is Congo's vast country, then he is sadly, mistaken. He may also want to clear the area of the over 25 armed groups who also rape and murder civilians before he decides to start inviting more innocent victims to Congo.
You are sadly mistaking; the war in DRC is only happening in a point zero zero one of a fraction in the whole the country,