Egypt Mourns 5 Days To AFCON

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Five days before the biggest continental football Bonanza in Egypt, the first democratically-elected President of the North African Country, Prof. Mohamed Morsi has died.

According the State TV, the 67-year-old Morsi fainted during a court session – rushed to hospital, and later declared dead at 4:50pm, Monday June 17.

Local Media reported that Morsi was in court facing charges of espionage.

President came to power as a Democrat under the Muslim brotherhood on June 17 following the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

He led for bairly a year and was kicked out by his own defense minister – current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

However, the demise of the former State’s Man according to football pundits would not obstruct the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation due for Egypt on Friday June 21.

The pharaohs of Egypt are fine-tuning tactics ahead of a crucial opener against the Harambee Stars of Zimbabwe at the Cairo Studium.

The 2008 winners who are expected to fight for their 8 AFCON accolade, would also wrestle with Uganda and DR Congo in pool A.

Paradoxically, late President, born in 1951, became on June 17, and died on June 17.