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Kolo Toure is appointed as an Ivory Coast assistant coach to go with his jobs working with the country's teams for the Olympics and locally-based players.

For more than 50 years Sory Sanle has worked as a photographer in Burkina Faso but now a gallery in London wants to bring him to the world's attention.

Nigeria can clinch a place at their third consecutive World Cup finals with a win over Zambia while Egypt and Tunisia need results to go their way to qualify.

The attack near the Mali border comes as US forces help the Niger army fight Islamist militants.

Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia looks set to miss the Elephants final two 2018 Wolrd Cup qualifiers after injuring himself diving for a penalty.