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Africa: Ivory Coast tops Angola in first friendly since AFCON triumph

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Ivory Cost celebrated its first game back at home since winning the African Cup of Nations by beating Angola 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday.

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Defender Ousmane Viera scored in the 23rd minute at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, and Salomon Kalou added the second by earning and converting a 90th-minute penalty.

England-based stars Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony started, with Bony hitting the crossbar in the opening minutes.

While Ivory Coast continued its winning run, top-ranked African team Algeria slipped up with a 1-0 loss away to Qatar.

Egypt left it late to beat Equatorial Guinea 2-0 in Cairo. Goals by Bassin Morsi with four minutes to go and Mahmoud Hassan deep in injury time gave new coach Hector Cuper a winning start.