AFCON imbalance as 'powerful blocs' get lion's share
Friday, January 11, 2019

The AFCON tournament has been hosted mostly in the west, central and north Africa
It is already six years since a country outside southern and east Africa hosted the tournament, and that will not change anytime soon, after CAF announced Egypt, Cameroon, Guinea and Ivory Coast as hosts for the next four editions.
In southern Africa, only South Africa (twice) and Angola, have hosted CAF’s flagship nations tournament.
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