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African Cup of Nations Increases Teams in Competition
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Twenty four countries will now compete in Africa's premier football tournament.
Plus, a report on the business networks that have enriched the president of the DR Congo and his family and President Nkurunziza on his first visit abroad in two years calls on Burundian refugees to return home.
(Photo: President of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad, Credit: Zacharias Abubeker /AFP /Getty Images)
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