{"id":103943,"date":"2023-09-27T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/27\/kenya-uganda-and-tanzania-confirmed-as-2027-afcon-host\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:38:25","slug":"kenya-uganda-and-tanzania-confirmed-as-2027-afcon-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/27\/kenya-uganda-and-tanzania-confirmed-as-2027-afcon-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania confirmed as 2027 AFCON host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"420\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/download-1-6-696x420.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"download (1)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The joint bid by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania has won the race for the hosting rights of the host of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0Executive Committee board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the news today in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the country that will host the 2027 AFCON is Kenya, Uganda and\u00a0Tanzania,\u201d Patrice Motsepe, President of CAF\u00a0announced.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three countries came together because our requirements are very high. 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