Hosts of the African Nations Cup 2015 ask for postpostment because of the Ebola outbreak.

According to a daily mail report;

The Moroccan government have called for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be postponed due to the deadly threat of Ebola.

They have lodged an appeal with the Confederation of African Football - the organisers of the competition - to delay the event.

The competition is scheduled to be held in the North African country in 2015, from January 17 to February 8.

A number of Premier League stars would be due to attend, including the likes of Manchester City star Yaya Toure, Stoke's Victor Moses, Swansea's Wilfried Bony and Newcastle's Papiss Cisse.

Morocco's health ministry have made the plea, "to avoid events which involve those countries affected by the Ebola virus," according to a Government statement.

More than 4,000 people have died during the Ebola epidemic, which broke out in west Africa at the start of the year.

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CAF has meanwhile insisted the tournament wont be postponed.