Tunisia successfully hosted and won the last Cup of Nations

Either Ghana or Libya will be named as hosts of the 2008 African Cup of Nations when the Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee meets on Thursday.

The meeting of the 13-man committee is due to take place in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Thursday morning.

The executive members will decide in a straight vote after hearing submissions, which are expected to last no longer than 30 minutes, from the two candidate countries.

They will also receive a report from Caf inspector Patrick Okpomo, who visited the two countries last month.

Okpomo was part of an inspection team sent to Ghana and Libya to assess the country's stadia, hotels, media and medical facilities.

Ghana is bidding to host the event for the fourth time and co-hosted the 2000 finals with Nigeria after the competition was withdrawn from Zimbabwe at the eleventh hour.

Libya previously hosted the Nations Cup in 1982 in Benghazi and Tripoli, where the final was played on artificial turf.

If Libya win, it will mean that three successive Nations Cup tournaments will have been played in Arabic-speaking north Africa after Tunisia this year and Egypt in 2006.

SA withdraw from Nations Cup

South Africa withdrew from the race in May a fortnight after winning the right to host the 2010 World Cup.

Caf president Issa Hayatou will announce the successful candidate during a press conference inside the main auditorium of Caf headquarters.