Cameroon have taken the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after they were stripped of the hosting rights for the 2019 Nations Cup.

 The west African nation were stripped of the rights to host the continental football championship by CAF on November 30th over ill-preparedness and security concerns.

But the decision taken by the football governing body was not accepted by the Association of Amateur Clubs in Cameroon who have filed two cases against CAF.

"We have two cases at Cas, first is over Caf's decision to increase the participating countries from 16 to 24 and a second to contest the decision to strip Cameroon of hosting rights," ACFAC explained on BBC Sport.

 "Things were going to be difficult for Cameroon. Caf should shoulder the blame and this is why we have decided to take legal action against Caf.

"We are viable as hosts. We are five months away and a lot of things can change."

In 2014, Cameroon were initially named the host country for the 16-nation AFCON finals before CAF increased the capacity to 24 teams in July 2017.

In the meantime, Egypt and South Africa have shown interests in staging the tournament by submitting their respective bids to CAF to replace Cameroon as the 2019 Nations Cup hosts.

A decision is expected to be made on the 9th of January, 2019 in Senegal when CAF's executive committee meets.