10th October, 2014
The Moroccan government on Friday called for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be postponed due to the deadly Ebola epidemic.
The biennial competition is scheduled to be held in the North African country from January 17 to February 8.
Morocco’s health ministry made the plea in the wake of their decision “to avoid events which involve those countries affected by the Ebola virus,” the MAP news agency quoted a government statement as saying.
The demand to delay the event has been lodged with the Africa Cup of Nations’ organisers, the Confederation of African Football.
More than 4,000 people have died in the Ebola epidemic that broke out in west Africa at the start of the year, according to the latest figures released by the World Health Organization.