Congo Brazzaville is a candidate for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Constan Omri Soleimani, a member of the African Confederation of African Football (CAF), said Congo Brazzaville had been designated to host the Africa Cup of Nations next year, while Guinea, chosen to welcome the 2021 edition, "does not exist".

In 2014, under the reign of former Cameroonian President Issa Hayatou, the African Union had approved the host countries of the three versions of Cameroon 2019, Côte d'Ivoire 2021 and Guinea 2023, but the African Union had already announced the withdrawal of the Cameroon organization in the context of the slow completion of its preparations and security. About seven months after the planned continental tournament.

The Union has reopened the bid for the host, hoping to nominate a new host country by the end of the year, but no country has officially announced its intention to apply for the organization of the tournament, which involves 24 teams instead of 16.

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"Congo-Brazzaville has written to organize the event in 2019," Solaimani said in a statement released to Radio France International (FRG) on Friday. "The Deputy Secretary General of the ICC, Anthony Pavo, said that he would talk to me about a second appointment,.

Regarding Morocco, which the media described as the main candidate for the organization of the 2019 version, he said: "Officially, there is no application for candidacy presented by (Morocco) to KAF ".

Sulaimani confirmed that the African Union had decided to give Cameroon the honor of hosting the 2023 version of Côte d'Ivoire and the Ivorian version, and said: "The president of The African Union, Ahmed Ahmed, has signed a letter to the Cameroonian President to confirm to the Cameroonians that they would be hosting the 2021 version. After 24 hours, we received Côte d'Ivoire's reply, Sunday. , The message was sent to Ivory Coast hosting version 2023 ".

The Cameroonian solution, which has not yet been revealed, did not indicate whether it would appeal the decision to withdraw the CAS organization, but the announcement of its intention to do so. completing the work on time seemed to be proof that she could organize the tournament scheduled for June 15 and July 13..

For its part, Ivory Coast confirmed last Monday that none of the official or football authorities of the country had been contacted by the African Union on this subject..

"There is something on the table and negotiations are underway," Soleimani said. "Through some channels, there have been informal contacts with both countries, Cote d 'Ivoire and Cameroon."

For Guinea, everything has become obscure. "We asked the General Secretariat (KAF) to send us the Guinea file, because in the archives, this central file does not exist," Soleimani said. Asked about this last point, Solaimani concluded: "I do not want to judge the previous leaders of the African Union".