Gabon has been awarded hosting rights for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The tournament was initially set to take place in Libya, but security concerns have forced CAF to award hosting rights elsewhere.
Gabon, which co-hosted the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 2012, was chosen again Wednesday in a vote by the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) executive committee in Cairo.
Gabon was selected over rival bids from Algeria and Ghana. Equatorial Guinea, which shared the African Cup with Gabon in 2012, hosted on its own this year. Neighbor Gabon will now also get the chance to do that in two years.
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ISSA HAYATOU ON STAGE ANNOUNCES: The host country of the 31st Orange #AFCON2017 is GABON— #TotalEnergiesAFCONU23 🏆 (@CAF_Online) April 8, 2015
