City Stars Prepared For AFCON Duty

- The Desert Foxes then take on Tunisia and Senegal in Group B 

- Daniel Amartey will hope to be in action for Ghana, who face Uganda on Tuesday 

- Further Group D fixtures follow for the Black Stars against Mali and Egypt 

- Keep up-to-date with the City trio’s AFCON progress on LCFC.com 

Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani’s Algeria side get their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations campaign underway against Zimbabwe in Gabon on Sunday afternoon. 

Their first Group B game, the Desert Foxes finished their qualification campaign for the finals of the competition unbeaten having won five of their six fixtures, scoring 25 goals in the process. 

Algeria’s potential route to the quarter-finals begins on Sunday against Zimbabwe (4pm kick-off GMT), who too finished top of their qualification group, before clashes with Tunisia on Thursday 19 January and Senegal on Monday 23 January. 

Hoping to help Ghana get their finals campaign underway with a win will be Leicester City midfielder Daniel Amartey, who was part of the Black Stars side that were beaten on penalties in the final of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by the Ivory Coast. 

Amartey’s nation are first in action on Tuesday 17 January (4pm kick-off GMT) against Uganda in Group D, while fixtures against Mali on Saturday 21 January and Egypt on Wednesday 25 January follow. 

First, Africa Cup of Nations hosts Gabon get the 2017 tournament underway on Saturday against Guinea Bissau. 

For all the latest on the progress of Mahrez, Slimani and Amartey, make sure you check back into LCFC.com over the next few days.