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The 27-year-old played for Orlando Pirates and had played in South Africa's last four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Amodu replaced Stephen Keshi last week, after he paid the price for Nigeria's poor qualifying campaign so far.

Greek club PAS Lamia have asked Sierra Leone's John Kamara not to train or play with the club for three weeks due to fears over the Ebola virus.

Algeria and Cape Verde became the first teams to qualify for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama expressed his surprise that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decided to replace coach Stephen Keshi barely a month before the side's final two African Nations Cup qualifiers.

Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

Algeria will qualify, if they beat Malawi today, while wins for Cameroon and South Africa will put them within touching distance.

Sierra Leone midfielder Michael Lahoud says that his team-mates have been treated badly and feel humiliated because of the stigma of Ebola.

The former BBC African Footballer of the Year was captain in 2012 when Zambia caused an upset to win the Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

It is the latest development in the row between the country's football association and sports ministry over who is qualified to be the coach.