The next CAF will not take place at the beginning of 2020, but at the beginning of 2022. "Health is the absolute priority", said the president of the competition Ahmad Ahmad during a press conference by videoconference, arguing that "the peak of the pandemic is not reached "in several countries of the African continent.

The African Football Confederation (CAF) announced Tuesday the postponement to January 2022 of the African Cup of Nations initially scheduled in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2021, due to the pandemic of new coronavirus. "Health is the top priority," said CAF President Ahmad Ahmad during a videoconference press conference, adding that "the peak of the pandemic has not been reached" in several countries on the African continent.