Morocco's Bid to Postpone Nations Cup Rejected By CAF

After so much fear from Morocco for the Ebola virus and had a bid for the  Africa Cup Of Nations which comes up in 2015 to be postponed has been turned down by CAF who looks set that the Nations Cup must hold.           
Morocco, a country where no cases of
Ebola have been identified, welcomes in the
coming weeks and a few days before the
Orange AFCON 2015, the FIFA Club World Cup
where there will be participants from a country
where a case of the Ebola virus has been
identified (Spain).
On the other hand, the number of foreign fans
expected in the stadiums for the FIFA Club
World 2014 is much higher than the ones
expected for the Orange AFCON 2015. Indeed,
almost all of the fans attending the Orange
AFCON are residents in Morocco, and
considering the average purchasing power in
most African countries, it is unrealistic to
expect more than 1,000 supporters from the
rest of continent to attend the Orange AFCON
2015, except for those who benefit from a
geographic proximity within the Maghreb
region.
Therefore, CAF considers that the current
health system in place in Morocco, and whose
effectiveness has been proven, is more than
able to cope with the very limited flow of
people for the Orange AFCON 2015.

Any change in the timing of
events would be detrimental to the rest of the
agenda, including the African Nations
Championship (CHAN) scheduled for January
2016 in Rwanda, and that CAF will also
maintain at the same dates.
CAF also has the urgent need to respect the
international calendar as established by FIFA,
allowing it to secure the release of players
from foreign clubs as these players represent a
majority of members within the African teams
and helps African football shine.
Since its creation, the ability of CAF to meet its
commitments and maintain its competitive
time schedules has allowed it to maintain a
healthy relationship and trust with its National
Associations, their authorities, public,
commercial partners and all other international
sports organizations.
Thus, the Executive Committee of CAF
confirms its commitment to keep the
competition on the dates indicated (January
17-February 8, 2015), while asking the Royal
Moroccan Football Federation to clarify the
final position of Morocco not later than 8
November, 2014.
This time given also applies to all other CAF
national associations wishing to organize the
competition on the dates agreed as long as
the hosting requirements are met.
A meeting of the Executive Committee will be
held 11 November 2014 in Cairo, Egypt to take
the necessary decisions.