CAIRO -- The Confederation of African Football will respect a decision by sport's highest court and lift its ban on Morocco participating in the 2017 and 2019 African Nations Cups.
CAF said Sunday it would comply despite what it called "contradictions" in the ruling by the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
CAF banned Morocco from the next two African Cups and fined it $1 million for withdrawing as host of this year's tournament.
Morocco cited fears over the spread of the deadly Ebola virus from West Africa during the African Nations Cup in January and February, and wanted it postponed.
CAF rejected Morocco's fears and dumped it as host, giving the tournament to Equatorial Guinea.
As punishment for pulling out of its hosting duties, CAF threw Morocco out of the 2015 edition and also banned it from playing in 2017 and 2019. As well as the fine, CAF demanded around $9 million in compensation.
On Thursday, the sports court overturned the two-tournament ban and also reduced Morocco's fine to $50,000. It said CAF's own rules did not provide for a ban from future tournaments.
CAS made no final decision over the compensation claim, saying it "may still be examined by another jurisdiction."
Africa's top football body has had previous decisions overruled by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
In 2010, CAF was forced to back down on a two-tournament ban handed out to Togo after the country withdrew from that year's tournament in Angola because of a deadly gun attack on its team bus by separatist rebels.
This year, the sports court overturned a two-year ban against Algerian club JS Kabylie competing in the African Champions League. CAS said CAF tried to impose the ban without telling the club about the disciplinary hearing and "did not comply" with its own rules.