Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:46:10 +0000 By Oscar Malipenga The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has selected Morocco as the host for fifth edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) after Kenya was stripped of the right to host. At an Emergency Committee meeting held on Saturday CAF picked Morocco ahead of Equatorial Guinea who had also put their name forward. Zambia will be participating at the CHAN competition after having qualified ahead of South Africa. The tournament will be held from January 12 to February 4. According to a statement issued by CAF, the emergency Committee of the Confederation Africaine de Football, chaired by Ahmad Ahmad, met on 14 October 2017 in Lagos, Nigeria, and unanimously decided to grant the organization of the 5th edition of the Total African Nations Championship to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. “The latter had been a candidate following the withdrawal of the organization of this competition to Kenya, […]
