(CNN)Morocco has been banned from the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments after it decided not to host the 2015 edition amid fears over the Ebola crisis. The country's football federation has also been fined $1 million and ordered to pay $9.1 million "for damages caused to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and partners." Its officials had called for the tournament to be delayed as concerns over the potential spread of the virus grew, and then declined to host it when that delay was not granted. That led to the CAF banning it from taking part in the 2015 event after Equatorial Guinea had stepped in as host nation -- and African football's governing body has now imposed further, sweeping sanctions.
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Country opted not to host 2015 edition amid fears over Ebola crisis
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Federation ordered to pay more than $9 million in compensation to CAF
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Morocco was banned from this year's tournament after decision not to host
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Governing body also fines Equatorial Guinea over AFCON semifinal crowd trouble
In a statement, the CAF executive committee said it "took action on the refusal of @placeholder to host this competition as scheduled and agreed."
@placeholder cited the outbreak of the Ebola virus as a case of force majeure in justifying its request for postponement, citing in particular the risk of contamination of its population because of anticipated fans' flows.