Togo officials have requested the African soccer confederation to move a game out of Ebola-affected Guinea.

The African Cup's final qualifying round may suspend due to the outbreak of the deadly disease in the affected place. Reports said games involving Sierra Leone, an Ebola-hit area, are already under close watch after the said country declared that there would be no soccer matches in the place until further notice.

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Togo Football Federation's appeal pertains to its first game of the final group stage that will happen on first week of September in Guinea.

Over the weekend, Togo officials said that their players and officials are afraid to travel to Guinea because of the unprecedented outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus there.

The Togolese federation released a statement saying they are scared by the situation predominating in that zone. The officials said they would heed the advice from their government to keep the delegation from traveling to Guinea.

However, Blaise Mamadouba Camara, Guinea football federation spokesman said he hoped they would not arrive at that situation.

The ebola virus has recorded a great number of casualties, killing almost 1,000 people in West Africa since it broke out in Guinea. After that, the disease spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone, Liberia and some parts of Nigeria.

The African soccer confederation has yet to respond to the Togo officials' requests to move the soccer qualifying games away from Ebola-affected places.

According to some reports, Sierra Leone is interested to play its home qualifiers in neutral countries like Gambia, Morocco or Senegal.

Seychelles authorities prohibits the Sierra Leone squad from entering its country because of fears of bringing in Ebola virus. Because of this, the Seychelles soccer federation has to lose the game and its place in qualifying round.

African soccer body CAF said Seychelles is under investigation because of the prohibition and it may result to soccer sanctions.

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