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Victor Moses Victor Moses is among a number of players missing for Nigeria as they take on Mali in a friendly.

Ivory Coast Captain Yaya Toure has been warned he must improve as the Ivory Coast take on Mali in Group D at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Stephen Keshi Groups have been drawn for the last round of African World Cup qualifying, with Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria placed in the same section.

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South Africa Previous champions Nigeria and Egypt both failed to reach the Africa Cup of Nations as qualification drew to a close on Wednesday.

Equatorial Guinea become the first team to be knocked out of qualifying for AFCON 2017, while Zimbabwe march on.

Mali Mali began their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win over Malawi despite having goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa sent off.

Modibo Maiga Metz striker Modibo Maiga has earned a recall to the Mali squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cape Verde Islands Ivory Coast were stunned 4-3 by Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, as Cape Verde and Algeria progressed.