Africa: Previously Disqualified Country Now Hosts Afcon

Barry Aldworth/BackpagePix
Jose Bokung Alogo of Equatorial Guinea challenges Zambia's Christopher Katongo, 11, during the final stages of the 2012 Afcon held in Equatorial Guinea.
14 November 2014
allAfrica.com

The Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will be held in Equatorial Guinea, the Confederation of African Football has announced. The tournament will run from January 17 to February 8, 2015.

Earlier, CAF announced that following the refusal of Morocco to host Afcon, the executive committee decided that the national team of Morocco is "automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015".

Equatorial Guinea had earlier been disqualified from the competition.

Tagged:
Copyright © 2014 allAfrica.com. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.