Morocco have been banned from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations after failing to host this year's tournament.

The Confederation of African Football (Caf)
also fined Morocco US$1m (£650,000) and
ordered them to pay 8m euros (£5.9m) in
damages. Morocco had missed a deadline last year to make a final decision on whether or not they
would host the tournament. They had expressed concerns over the
outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa. Equatorial Guinea were named a replacement
host for the 16-team event, while Morocco -
who had qualified as hosts - were expelled
by Caf. Morocco had asked for the tournament to be
delayed until 2016, but this request was
rejected. Ghana and Ivory Coast contest this year's
final on Sunday. Caf said in a statement: "The executive
committee considered that, contrary to what
the Royal Moroccan Football Federation cited,
force majeure cannot be accepted for the
benefit of the federation." Caf announced the decision to suspend
Morocco on the same day they fined hosts Equatorial Guinea US$100,000 (£65,000) for
crowd trouble during Thursday's Africa Cup
of Nations semi-final loss to Ghana. Tunisian Football Association president Wadie
Jary was also banned from all activities by Caf on Friday. That followed Caf's ultimatum for the
Tunisian FA to apologise for accusing the
body of cheating or be banned from the 2017
Africa Cup of Nations.