Guinea Bissau

Salomon Kalou Ivory Coast are being tipped to pick up a second straight AFCON title, but Senegal and Ghana are hoping to knock them off their perch.

Uganda Geoffrey Massa's goal sent Uganda into the second round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying after they beat Madagascar on away goals.

Cameroon

Mozambique Mozambique put a foot in the second round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying with a 5-0 first-round first-leg thrashing of South Sudan.

Stephen Keshi Just over four months since the Africa Cup of Nations final, qualification for the next staging of the tournament gets under way this week.

Cameroon have one foot in the AFCON quarter-finals after coming from one goal down to defeat Guinea-Bissau in Group A.

South Africa Africa Cup of Nations champions Nigeria will face South Africa and Sudan when they bid to reach the 2015 tournament in Morocco.

Bocundji Ca The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday with hosts Gabon looking to start with a victory over Guinea-Bissau in Libreville.

Cameroon

An Atak Lual strike to down Equatorial Guinea was enough to hand South Sudan their first competitive victory on Saturday.