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Keeper Jesus Owono is the hero as Equatorial Guinea stun Mali with a 6-5 win on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Limbe.

Lt-Col Damiba took power in Burkina Faso just three weeks after his 41st birthday - what else do we know?

Senegal are criticised after Sadio Mane continued playing despite suffering suspected concussion in a "sickening collision" with Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha.

Coach Tom Saintfiet says he wants The Gambia, ranked 150th in the world, to be "respected" and regular participants at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Monday's deadly stampede exposed the troubling side of the Africa Cup of Nations, writes Maher Mezahi.