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East Africa will meet the Confederation of African Football's rigorous requirements for Afcon 2027, Ugandan official Rogers Byamukama says.

"He said it's testament that when we work together, we can achieve greater things."

Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, while the joint bid of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania has won the staging rights for the 2027 tournament.

CAF has now officially confirmed who the hosts of the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations are. 


Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania named joint hosts of 2027 AFCON

Morocco displaces the initial 2025 hosts, Guinea, whilst the 2027 hosts, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, mean a return to East Africa for the first time since 1976.

Twenty years later, Nigeria co-hosted the 2000 edition with Ghana and went all the way to the final and lost to Cameroon on penalties.

Miriam Makeba, on 15 March 1966, joined the music world’s luminaries by winning her first and only Grammy at the eighth annual instalment of the recording awards for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba.

With the Africa Cup of Nations line-up decided, here's the essential information on Afcon 2023.

With the Africa Cup of Nations line-up decided, here's the essential information on Afcon 2023.