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GABON STARE AT EXIT: Hosts resign to their fate as they face eminent Afcon elimination

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Gabon's forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (R) challenges Burkina Faso's defender Issoufou Dayo during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Gabon and Burkina Faso at the Stade de l'Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville on January 18, 2017. / AFP PHOTO /

Celebrations began at dawn.

For more than 10 hours before the Gabon versus Burkina Faso match, fireworks hit the sky, illuminating the otherwise dark heavens with awesome lights.

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