Afcon 2015: Who can save African football from the Ebola nightmare?

When it was first announced that Morocco had won the right to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

You only have to soak in the fanatical support which inspired Raja Casablanca to the final of the 2013 Fifa Club World Cup in Morocco to realise what an Afcon could have been like in this region. That experience set the bar for fans across North Africa.
One imagined that once again the football bug would draw everyone to new stadiums - with the cities of Rabat, Marrakesh, Agadir and Tangier hosting epic clashes between different African nations.
But since March 2014, when the deadly Ebola virus hit western Africa at full force, there has been pain and panic throughout the continent. All of Africa is affected - everyone is desperate and determined to beat Ebola and secure the health of our people.
This is a challenge far more important than football itself.

For this reason, all reasonable human beings understand Morocco's decision to forfeit their hosting rights. Perhaps Caf was wrong to then disqualify them altogether - and it is pretty clear that the interests of Africa's governing body is not health and safety, but rather money.