The Latest Breaking News from Cameroon

Comoros will face Cameroon in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with an outfield player in goal after a Covid 19 outbreak in the squad.

Douala (AFP) - As the Africa Cup of Nations heads into the knockout phase, AFP Sport looks at five stars of the group stage who will be hoping to make an impact in last-16 ties over the coming days:

Douala (AFP) - Nigeria, the top performers so far in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, were paired with arch rivals Ghana in the African World Cup play-offs draw in Douala on Saturday.

Cameroon will be expected to brush aside Covid-stricken minnows Comoros in the last-16 at the Africa Cup of Nations tonight.

A troika of unusual suspects have made the line-up for the last 16 knockout stages at the Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

At the regional hospital mortuary in Buea, Cameroon, people gather and cry after getting word that their loved one, a taxi driver, had been killed – caught in a gun battle between Cameroon security forces and anglophone separatists.

The Brasseries Football School in Cameroon has nurtured some of Africa’s greatest players since it began operating in 1989. The distinguished academy has sent footballers to some of the world's top clubs, as well as to Cameroon’s national team, the Indomitable Lions. FRANCE 24 visited their training ground in Douala.

Al Jazeera lists down teams who qualified for the last-16, shock eliminations and controversies from the AFCON.

Researchers referring to B.1.640.2 as ‘new variant of probably Cameroonian origin’