The Africa Cup of Nations opens this weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa, and many fans travelling there will be wondering how to get around and what to expect. The BBC's Peter Okwoche is there for the first time and sent this report.
Last year's runners-up Ivory Coast start the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which kick off in South Africa on Saturday, as favourites again.
Angola will again look to Manucho for their goals as they take on Morocco in their Group A opener.
South Africa are at full strength as they prepare for the opening match against Cape Verde at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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About 650 hostages have been freed from militants at a gas facility in Algeria, state media report, but about 60 foreigners are still being held.
Mali's army has recaptured Konna after Islamist rebels fled, the military and residents in the strategically important central town say.
Ivory Coast's firebrand former youth minister and ally of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Ble Goude, is arrested in Ghana, officials say.
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Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said many soldiers from Mali fought in Libya and returned home once Gaddafi died.
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Former US Commander in Afghanistan Stanley McChrystal says al-Qaeda's "brand" must be defeated, in a discussion of his memoir with the BBC's Katty Kay.
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