CAF had to take decision Friday since the deadline given to Morocco to rescind its appeal seeking for the postponement of the fiesta scheduled to commence January 17 had elapsed.
Morocco had declined to host AFCON 2015 as a result of the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola virus disease in some West African countries.
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.
Nigeria, at present, is still struggling to qualify for the fiesta, the reigning African champions. What a shame!
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