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A health worker holds an antiseptic solution during the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on September 6, 2014.

Africa’s biggest soccer tournament will go on despite the Ebola threat

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Morocco is scheduled to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the most important trophy on the continent. But its pleas to delay the tournament over the Ebola outbreak are being refused by Africa’s governing body for soccer, which is getting a mixed review from players and club officials.

Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa of South Africa's Orlando Pirates is beaten by a shot from Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt's Al Ahli at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on November 2, 2013.

The killing of a South African soccer star highlights the nation’s rising murder rate

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