Togo
Veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor was named in Togo's 23-man Squad for the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday despite being without a club since the end of last season.
The 32-year-old former Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham star was released by Crystal Palace at the end of the 2015/2016 campaign after seeing out a six-month short-term deal.
Togo coach Claude Leroy will take his squad to a training camp in Senegal before heading to Gabon for the January 14-February 5 tournament.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Agassa (unattached), Mensah (Le Mans/FRA), Tchagouni (Marmande/FRA)
Defenders: Akakpo (Trabzonspor/TUR), Bossou (Young Africans/TAN), Djene (St Truiden/ BEL), Kouloun (Dyto/TOG), Mamah (Dacia/MOL), Ouro-Akoriko (Al Khaleej Saihat/KSA), Ouro-Sama (AS Togo Port/TOG)
Midfielders: Atakora (Helsingborg/SWE), Atchou (Dyto/TOG), Ayité (Fulham/ENG), Bebou (Fortuna Dusseldorf/GER), Boukari (Châteauroux/FRA), Dossèvi (Standard Liège/BEL), Eninful (Doxa Katakopias/CYP), Romao (Olympiakos/GRE),Sègbéfia (Gotzepe/TUR)
Attackers: Adebayor (unattached), Agbégniadan (Wafa/GHA), Gakpé (Genoa/ITA), Fo-Doh Laba (R.S Berkane/MAR).
Morrocco
Sofiane Boufal of English Premier League side Southampton will lead Morocco's Africa Cup of Nations bid after being included in the 23-man squad named by coach Herve Renard on Tuesday.
Juventus defender Mehdi Benatia, Monaco's Nabil Dirar and Nordin Amrabat of Watford are some of the other key players for the Atlas Lions.
However, Morocco are without the influential midfielder Younes Belhanda, who is on loan at French club Nice from Dynamo Kiev, after a fractured toe suffered just before Christmas ruled him out for up to six weeks.
Morocco, whose only triumph in the Cup of Nations came in 1976, are in Group C for the tournament that begins in Gabon on January 14.
They will open their campaign against DR Congo on January 16 in Oyem before also facing Togo and the Ivory Coast.
Frenchman Renard was the Ivory Coast coach when they lifted the trophy two years ago in Equatorial Guinea.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Munir Mohamedi (Numancia/ESP), Yassine Bounou (Girona/ESP), Yassine El Kharroubi (Lokomotiv Plovdiv/BUL)
Defenders: Medhi Benatia (Juventus/ITA), Manuel Da Costa (Olympiakos/GRE), Amine Attouchi (Wydad Casablanca), Hamza Mendyl (Lille/FRA), Fouad Chafik (Dijon/FRA), Nabil Dirar (Monaco/FRA)
Midfielders: Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers/ENG), Youssef Aït Bennasser (Nancy/FRA), Mounir Obbadi (Lille/FRA), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord/NED), Fayçal Fajr (Deportivo/ESP), M'bark Boussoufa (Al Jazira/UAE), Sofiane Boufal (Southampton/ENG), Mehdi Carcela (Granada/ESP), Nordin Amrabat (Watford/ENG), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St Pauli/GER)
Forwards: Rachid Alioui (Nîmes/FRA), Youssef El Arabi (Lekhwiya/QAT), Khalid Boutaib (Strasbourg/FRA), Youssef Ennesyri (Malaga/ESP)
Mali
Crystal Palace winger Bakary Sako, who has endured an injury-hit last few months in the English Premier League, was named in the Mali squad on Wednesday for the Africa Cup of Nations.
The 28-year-old, born in France, is the biggest name in the final 23-man squad unveiled by Mali coach Alain Giresse for the tournament in Gabon, which begins on January 14.
Mali are preparing for the tournament in Casablanca, Morocco, where they will take on Burkina Faso in a friendly on Saturday before a final warm-up game against a local club side on January 10.
They will travel to Gabon on January 14 and will come up against Ghana, Egypt and Uganda in Group D.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien), Soumaila Diakite (Stade Malien), Oumar Sissoko (Orleans/FRA)
Defenders: Ousmane Coulibaly (Panathinaikos/GRE), Hamari Traore (Reims/FRA), Molla Wague (Udinese/ITA), Salif Coulibaly (TP Mazembe/COD), Mohamed Oumar Konate (Renaissance Berkane/MAR), Youssouf Kone (Lille/FRA), Charles Traore, Mahamadou N'Diaye (both Troyes/FRA)
Midfielders: Yacouba Sylla (Montpellier/FRA), Adama Traore (Monaco/FRA), Mamoutou N'Diaye (Royal Antwerp/BEL), Lassana Coulibaly (Bastia/FRA), Sambou Yatabare (Werder Bremen/GER), Samba Sow (Kayserispor/TUR), Yves Bissouma (Lille/FRA)
Forwards: Moussa Marega (Vitoria Guimaraes/POR), Mustpaha Yatabare (Kardemir Karabukspor/TUR), Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace/ENG), Moussa Doumbia (Rostov/RUS), Kalifa Coulibaly (Gent/BEL)
Cameroon
Liverpool defender Joel Matip and West Brom’s Allan Nyom have not been named in Cameroon’s 23-man squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Gabon.
The duo were among seven Cameroon players who said they did not want to play in the tournament, which starts on Jan. 14.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the players could have been banned from club football during the competition.
But a potential club versus country row has been defused however by their non-selection in the final squad.
Cameroon, who are coached by Belgian Hugo Broos, have been drawn in Group A with hosts Gabon, Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau.
Right-back Nyom told Broos he wanted to stay at West Brom to keep his place in the team.
Bournemouth striker Benik Afobe has also withdrawn from DR Congo’s squad.
Squad
Ondoa, Goda, Mbokwe, Mabouka, Nkoulou, Oyongo, Djeitei, Collins, Ngadeu Ngadjui, Teikeu, Ngwem, Siani, Mandjeck, Djoum, Boya, Aboubakar, Moukandjo, Zoua, Salli, Toko-Ekambi, Njie ,Ndip Tambe, Bassogog.
Senegal
Senegal have announced their 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations and have included a few of their European-based stars.
Aliou Cisse has included five English-based players in his squad, which include the likes of Sadio Mane, Mame Biram Diouf and Cheikhou Kouyate.
Napoli star, Balde Keita has also been included in the squad, who are set to begin their AFCON campaign on 15 January against Tunisia.
The Lions of Teranga will also square up against Algeria and Zimbabwe in Group B in next month's showpiece.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Khadim N'Diaye (Horoya AC, Guinea), Abdoulaye Diallo (Çaykur Rizespor, Turkey), Pape Seydou N'Diaye (ASC Niarry Tally)
Defenders: Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor, Turkey), Cheikh M'Bengue (Saint-Etienne, France), Kara Mbodj (Anderlecht, Belgium), Zargo Toure (Lorient, France), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy), Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes, France)
Midfielders: Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton, England), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham, England), Cheikh N'Doye (Angers, France), Papakouli Diop (Espanyol, Spain), Henri Saivet (Saint Etienne, France), Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Osmanlıspor, Turkey), Mohamed Diame (Newcastle, England)
Forwards: Sadio Mane (Liverpool, England), Keita Balde Diao (Lazio, Italy), Moussa Konate (FC Sion, Switzerland), Famara Diedhiou (Angers, France), Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke, England), Ismaila Sarr (Metz, France), Moussa Sow (Fenerbahce, Turkey)
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