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Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have less than nine months to prepare for AFCON 2027.
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East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the region is recognized in the United Nations Statistics Division scheme as encompassing 18 sovereign states and 4 territories. It includes the Horn of Africa to the North, African Great Lakes to the west, the coast of the Indian ocean to the east, and Southeastern Africa to the south.
More on Wikipedia ↗Football tournament
The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON in English and CAN in French, and currently known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013. The competition is expected to revert to even-numbered years and become a quadrennial event, taking place in leap years from 2028.
More on Wikipedia ↗The tournament proper, set for June 19-July 17 in the East African nations of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda will look to build on and rebound from a controversial final that saw Senegal beat Morocco after walking off the pitch.
Kenya’s 2027 AFCON Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairperson Nicholas Musonye has moved to allay concerns over the tournament’s hosting arrangement...