Impuzamashyirahamwe y’Umupira w’Amaguru muri Afurika (CAF) yahinduye icyemezo yari yafashe cyo kujya itegura Igikombe cya Afurika cy’Ibihugu (AFCON) buri myaka ine, yemeza ko kizasubira gukinwa buri myaka ibiri nk’uko byari bisanzwe.
Iki cyemezo cyafashwe ku wa Kane, tariki ya 29 Ukwakira 2026, n’Inama Nyobozi ya CAF (EXCO), abanyamuryango bayo bakaba baracyemeje ku bwumvikane.
Mu itangazo yashyize hanze, CAF yavuze ko yasubiye gusuzuma icyemezo yari yafashe mu mwaka ushize, nyuma yo kubona ko irushanwa rya Africa Nations League yari yateguye ridashobora gutanga vuba amafaranga yari yitezweho mu guteza imbere umupira w’amaguru muri Afurika.
Africa Nations League ntiyari gutanga amafaranga mu gihe gito
Mu mpinduka zari zarateganyijwe, CAF yashakaga gushyiraho irushanwa rya Africa Nations League ryagombaga gukinwa buri myaka ibiri, rikaba ryaragenewe gusimbura AFCON muri iyo gahunda.
Icyakora, CAF yaje kubona ko bizasaba imyaka myinshi kugira ngo iryo rushanwa ribashe kwinjiza amafaranga ahagije yo gufasha mu guteza imbere amarushanwa yayo no gutuma umupira w’amaguru muri Afurika urushaho kwihaza mu bukungu no guhangana ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Ibi byatumye CAF isubira ku cyemezo cyo gukinisha AFCON buri myaka ine, ahubwo yemeza ko irushanwa rizajya riba buri myaka ibiri.
Perezida wa CAF, Dr Patrice Motsepe, yavuze ko iki cyemezo kigamije kurengera inyungu z’umupira w’amaguru muri Afurika, amashyirahamwe 54 agize CAF n’abakinnyi b’Abanyafurika bakina mu makipe yo hanze y’umugabane.
Yagize ati: “Icyemezo cya EXCO cyo gusubiza AFCON gukinwa buri myaka ibiri cyafashwe hagamijwe guteza imbere, kurengera no gushyigikira inyungu z’umupira w’amaguru muri Afurika, amashyirahamwe 54 agize CAF, ndetse n’abakinnyi b’Abanyafurika bakina mu makipe yo hanze y’umugabane.”
Motsepe yongeyeho ko AFCON itari irushanwa ry’umupira w’amaguru gusa, ahubwo ari n’umwanya wo kugaragaza umuco, amateka n’imigenzo bya Afurika, no guhuza abaturage b’ibihugu byayo n’Abanyafurika baba mu mahanga.
AFCON izakinwa ryari mu myaka iri imbere?
CAF yemeje ko AFCON itaha izabera muri Kenya, Tanzania na Uganda mu 2027. Iyi ni inshuro ya mbere ibihugu bitatu byo muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba bizafatanya kwakira iri rushanwa.
Umukino ufungura irushanwa uteganyijwe ku wa 19 Kamena 2027, naho umukino wa nyuma ukazakinwa ku wa 17 Nyakanga 2027.
Nyuma y’irushanwa ryo mu 2027, CAF yemeje ko AFCON izongera kuba mu 2028, ikurikirwe n’andi marushanwa mu 2031 no mu 2033.
Nta rushanwa rizaba mu 2030 kuko ari umwaka w’Igikombe cy’Isi cya FIFA. CAF yavuze ko, hakurikijwe umuco wa FIFA, amarushanwa ya nyuma y’ibihugu ku rwego rw’imigabane atagomba kuba mu mwaka w’Igikombe cy’Isi.
Gahunda yo gusubiza AFCON gukinwa buri myaka ibiri isubije irushanwa kuri gahunda ryari risanzwe rifite, mu gihe CAF yari imaze guteganya ko Africa Nations League ari ryo rizajya riba buri myaka ibiri.
