{"id":4684,"date":"2026-02-12T23:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/kenya-seeks-to-delay-afcon-2027-over-security-elections"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:34:02","slug":"kenya-seeks-to-delay-afcon-2027-over-security-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/kenya-seeks-to-delay-afcon-2027-over-security-elections","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Seeks to Delay AFCON 2027 over Security, Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Kenya announced that it supports the idea of postponing the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, which are scheduled to be co-hosted with Tanzania and Uganda, citing security concerns linked to the general elections the country will hold in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Nicholas Musonye, head of Kenya\u2019s tournament organizing committee, said that moving the continental competition to 2028 would be an appropriate option, given that the current date would coincide with the elections planned for August 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Agence France-Presse, he said past experience has shown tensions and outbreaks of violence during election periods\u2014not only in Kenya, but also in Tanzania and Uganda\u2014making it difficult to guarantee the security conditions required to host a major football event like AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>These remarks came as a Confederation of African Football (CAF) inspection mission was in Tanzania, and it is expected to hold a meeting on Friday to assess progress in preparations for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the UK newspaper The Guardian reported that postponing AFCON to 2028 remains possible, not only for security reasons but also because the three countries may not be ready in terms of infrastructure and organization. It also noted that CAF had previously decided that starting with the 2028 edition, the tournament would be held every four years instead of every two, which could make a postponement easier to adopt without disrupting the continental calendar in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. Kenya announced that it supports the idea of postponing the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, which are scheduled to be co-hosted with Tanzania and Uganda, citing security concerns linked to the general elections the country will hold in the same year. 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