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Captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tests positive for Covid-19 just four days before Gabon's first game at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria will be without striker Odion Ighalo at the Africa Cup of Nations after club side Al Shabab refuse to release him.

Dates, favourites and everything else you need to know about the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on Sunday.

Coach Toni Conceicao says Cameroon fans "don't forgive failure" as the country prepares to host the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off on Sunday.

The mayor and his driver are arrested for allegedly trying to transport the record haul to Libya.

As Cameroon prepares to host the much-delayed Africa Cup of Nations competition, what shape is the country in?

Attendances at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be capped at between 60 and 80% of capacity because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Zambia are on standby to play at the Africa Cup of Nations should Zimbabwe be banned by Fifa ahead of Sunday's start of the competition.

A fridge designed for areas with no electricity is now helping dispense Covid vaccines in Kenya.

Watford winger Ismaila Sarr joins the Senegal squad for the Africa Cup of Nations after being released by his club.

Sierra Leone coach John Keister says he received two death threats prior to naming his squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Security forces use tear gas to disperse crowds as demonstrators block roads with burning tyres.

Basant Khaled, 17, took her own life in Egypt after allegedly being blackmailed with faked images.

With the Africa Cup of Nations around the corner, we look at what players, teams and club politics you need to know.

A man appears in court in connection with the blaze that devastated the building.

Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania and The Gambia are in Group F of the Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Cameroon on 9 January.

Teenage Roma forward Felix Afena-Gyan misses out on Ghana's final squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

African music from the 1980s is being digitised thanks to a young Parisian producer.

One day after a fire at the parliament building in Cape Town, crews are tackling another blaze.

Leicester City's Ashleigh Plumptre, a former England youth international, can now play for Nigeria after switching allegiance.