Africa: Bread and Circuses - the Disgrace of Moving Afcon to Equatorial Guinea

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Equatorial Guinea have stepped in at the eleventh hour to take over the hosting rights of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. That in itself is not a problem, but the country's human rights abuses and the fact that they were disqualified from the tournament earlier this year paint CAF in a rather bad light.

If you're looking for moral conviction, stay away from everything involving football governance. Last week, FIFA seemed to suggest that they saw no issue with "abnormal" transactions where bidding for the World Cup was involved. Not to be outdone by their Swiss-based overlords, The African Football Confederation (CAF) awarded the rights to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament (AFCON) to Equatorial Guinea.

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