The African Cup of Nations Without Nigeria

The African Cup of Nations Without Nigeria

The African Cup of Nations is upon us - and it has a new host after Morocco backed out because of fears over Ebola, with barely two months to go before the January kick-off.
Africa's flagship football tournament will now be held in Equatorial Guinea, which has only ever competed in one Nations Cup before, when it was co-hosting with Gabon.
The latest series of qualifying matches produced some fascinating encounters - Malawi beat Mali 2-0 at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre but puzzlingly forgot to press their advantage over one of Africa's football superpowers by failing to win their final match against the Ethiopians in Addis Ababa.
Senegal's bad-tempered encounter with the Egyptians in Cairo resulted in a Senegalese victory in one of the toughest arenas for visiting teams.

Meanwhile the Defending champions,Super Eagles of Nigeria will be dearly Missed