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Africa Cup of Nations 2015: Cape Verde and Algeria qualify for Africa Cup, while Ivorians stunned

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Cape Verde Islands celebrates their 1-0 win against Mozambique on Wednesday to become the first country to reach the 2015 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (Photo: FIFA)

Africa: Cape Verde defeat Mozambique 1-0 Wednesday to become the first qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after a dramatic matchday 4 of qualifying.

The Blue Sharks were later joined by Algeria as goals from Yacine Brahimi, Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani earned the Desert Foxes a 3-0 triumph over Malawi in Blida.

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