As you step off the plane in Malabo, a nurse stops you and takes your temperature. Another forces you to wash your hands with alcoholic hand gel, before a third questions you on which countries you've visited in the last few months. Welcome to the Africa Cup of Nations. It’s a remarkable feat that this competition is taking place at all. It’s been just two months since Morocco confirmed that they would not be hosting the tournament, and only 64 days since Equatorial Guinea stepped in as the hosts. People gather outside the Bata Stadium before opening match between Equatorial Guinea and Congo
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Equatorial Guinea have had just 64 days to prepare for the tournament
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President Teodoro Obiang given away 40,000 free tickets to local
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Complaints as some teams struggle to find hotels with enough beds
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Algeria favourites to be crowned tournament winners
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