... are being played in Egypt, where the African Cup of Nations is in full swing.
It's an odd dynamic in Africa at the moment, since the traditional African powers--Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa--flopped mightily in World Cup qualifying. Some read this as a changing of the guard in African soccer, but at least based on the results of the cup so far, this seems more like a momentary aberration. World Cup bound Angola and Togo were dropped pretty easily by Cameroon and Congo respectively. Highly touted but currently injury plagued Ghana lost a tense 1-0 game to Nigeria. Only Cote d'Ivoire are prospering, riding the back of one goal victories over Libya and Morocco to reach the quarter-finals already.
South Africa, who are, you'll recall, 2010 World Cup hosts were apparently dreadful in their 2-0 loss to Guinea
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