Ebola Free Sierra Leone Can Now Host Football Matches - CAF

The Confederation of African Football has cleared Sierra Leone to host international soccer matches again after being declared free of Ebola virus in November. The football body placed a sanction on Ebola effected countries and shifted their matches to other countries. Most players from the ebola hit regions were made to go through medical screenings before being allowed to play. Good news for the fans in Seirra Leone.

A statement from the African football’s governing body said that “international football matches and CAF competitions can again be organised in the West African country”. Something which was not possible since August 2014 when CAF upon the recommendations of the World Health Organization suspended football matches in countries affected by the Ebola virus epidermic.


However, the clearance came too late for Sierra Leone’s World Cup hopes after they were eliminated from the 2018 qualifiers in October.

It would be recalled that the outbreak killed 11,300 people mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since it began in 2013.