Due to the unrest in Libya, the confederation of African Football has removed Libya as hosts of the 2017 African Nations Cup finals as ongoing fighting in the country delays plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team tournament.
According to Supersports, the Confederation of African Football are inviting new bidders for the tournament, it said on its Twitter account on Saturday.
Countries wishing to host the tournament have until September 30 to send in expressions of interest, it added.
Libya has endured weeks of recent chaos as the government struggles to control former rebel fractions who helped topple former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Libya were originally scheduled to hold the Nations Cup in 2013 but because of the civil war swapped with 2017 hosts South Africa.
The oil-rich north African country had been planning to build 11 stadiums at a cost of $314 million, including a showpiece new 60 000-seater Austrian-built stadium on the site of a former military camp in Tripoli.
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