AFCON 2017: Bad weather forces Black Stars to cancel flight to Gabon

Ghana have been forced to shelve plans of traveling to Gabon on Friday due to  bad weather conditions, the federation has announced.

The Black Stars were due in Libreville tonight ahead of the start of the tournament on Saturday.

This was disclosed in a tweet by Ghana’s Football Association. 


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bad weather conditions have forced the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackStars?src=hash">#BlackStars</a> to cancel this evening's travel to Gabon for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/afcon2017?src=hash">#afcon2017</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/can2017?src=hash">#can2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/yJSPHITprL">pic.twitter.com/yJSPHITprL</a></p>— Ghana FA (@ghanafaofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/ghanafaofficial/status/819908440873177089">January 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Per the CAF rules, teams should arrive in host nation four days before their first match. 

The Black Stars have been camping in Al Ain for the past 10 days having played barely a friendly against Uzbekistangiants which they won. 

GBC