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Cameroon Cameroon took command of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group with a 4-1 drubbing of the Ivory Coast on Wednesday.

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.

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

Lesotho Lesotho, Congo and Benin will all take leads into the second legs of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying ties after wins on Sunday.

South Africa Nigeria face South Africa in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Wednesday with the row surrounding their leadership seemingly over.

Egypt Seven-time Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt are facing a make-or-break match to qualify for next year's staging as they face Botswana.

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

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

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

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.