“I want to help the people who are involved in the fight against Ebola and take care of the supplies for victims. For me it goes without saying that I will help," said Traore
Guinea have secured their place at January’s African Cup Of Nations, a tournament already affected by the Ebola virus. Morocco was initially chosen as the host country for next year’s tournament but in October 2014 they requested a postponement due to the epidemic that had started in West Africa. CAF (Confederation of African Football) met and decided that the tournament would keep the same dates (17 January – 8 February) but asked the Moroccan Federation if they still wanted to host the tournament.
Morocco failed to reply by the given deadline of the 8th November and 3 days later Equatorial Guinea, not to be confused with Guinea, were given the right to host after several countries including Ghana and Algeria turned down the chance to host.
The thought of not participating in the tournament appeared to have never crossed Traore’s mind; “It has long been agreed with our manager (Lucien Favre) and sports director (Max Eberl) that I will travel”. Both of the afore-mentioned also appear happy with the current situation, Eberl said “Ibo has qualified with his country and will support his team there,” whilst Favre said “I have constant telephone contact with Ibo. Of course you have to be careful, but there are constant controls, so I do not see any danger."
