South Africa and Morocco are two frontline contenders to step in as hosts for the AFCON 2019, after Confederation of African Football(CAF) stripped Cameroon of the rights on Friday, because of insecurity and inadequate facilities.
Morocco, who lost out to a United States/Mexico/Canada bid to host the 2026 World Cup, have regularly been reported as possible replacements.
The North Africans had been set to stage the 2015 Cup of Nations before being stripped of its hosting rights in a row over the Ebola outbreak.
South Africa is the only African country to stage a World Cup, in 2010, and last staged the Cup of Nations in 2013.
“I know that there are countries which are interested, rest assured, candidate countries will come forward,” said Ahmad Ahmad, CAF President.
“We know there won’t be many (new candidates) but we will leave the task force to evaluate them and to set up…
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