Host nation Morocco wants Africa Nations Cup 2015 postponed over Ebola.

Moroccan government has called for the Africa Cup of Nations to be postponed because of the dangers of the Ebola virus. The 2015 Africa Nations Cup is supposed to start
January 17th in Morocco.

The Moroccan health ministry want the January 17-February 8 African football showpiece delayed "to avoid events which would involve countries affected by the Ebola virus", the national MAP news agency reported.

MAP said a demand to postpone the Cup of Nations had been lodged with the organisers, the Cairo-based Confederation of African Football (CAF).

More than 4,000 people have died from the Ebola epidemic -- most of them in west African countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- since the beginning of the year.

Guinea and Sierra Leone are involved in ongoing group qualifiers while Liberia were eliminated in the preliminary knockout phase.