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Equatorial Guinea have been named as the hosts for the 2015 Africa Cup
of Nations, the Confederation of African Football has confirmed to the
BBC.
Caf selected a replacement for Morocco after rejecting their request
to delay the 17 January to 8 February finals.
Morocco were concerned over the spread of the outbreak of the Ebola virus.
Caf subsequently expelled Morocco from the relocated tournament, which
will now be held in the country which co-hosted with Gabon in 2012.
Equatorial Guinea will now take on sole responsibility for holding the
16-team event, despite having only two major stadiums in the capital
Malabo and Bata.
It is not clear whether the new hosts will be able to play in the
tournament because the team was disqualified in July for fielding an
ineligible player in a preliminary qualifier against Mauritania on 17
May.
