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AfconQ: CAF Set To Announce New Date For Morocco Versus Libya

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Morocco and Libya earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 9 in the Moroccan city of Agadir will be played on a later date.

The game was called off following the devastating earthquake which left more than 800 people losing their lives and hundreds injured.

CAF will announce a new date and details regarding the match in due course.

In a statement made by CAF, the football ruling body in Africa expresses its condolences to the families who lost their loved ones, the Fédération Royale de Football and the people of Morocco.

There were moments of silence before the start of all the Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 qualifying matches on Saturday (9 September).

That gesture will continue with the games on Sunday until Tuesday when the qualification games will come to an end in honour the people who lost their lives during the tragedy in Morocco.

The tournament will hold between January and February 2024 after it was pushed back by a period of one year as hosts Cote d’Ivorie were deemed not to be ready earlier for the continent’s greatest football showpiece.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.