Not enough hotel rooms for AFCON teams in Equatorial Guinea

Teams arriving at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea have been forced to search for places to sleep because of a lack of hotel rooms.

Congo coach Claude Le Roy said five of his 35-strong party attending the tournament did not have accommodation.

He revealed that the hotel the bulk of his team are in lacks running water and has exposed electrical cables. 


Burkina Faso coach Paul Put also criticised facilities, saying the event should have been delayed until June.
Equatorial Guinea is staging the tournament at short notice because Morocco was stripped of the right in November.
Morocco was reluctant to host the three-week event because of health fears following the Ebola outbreak.
Congo, who play Equatorial Guinea in their opening game on Saturday, are based in the port city of Bata.
"There are not enough places for my staff and it's even difficult to find rooms for the players," Le Roy told the BBC World Service.
"The electricity is terrible, everything is exposed. I wanted to wash my hands. There was no water.
"Some of my assistants went around to see if there were rooms available somewhere but it seems very very difficult."