Their build-up to the tie included receiving a phonecall on Friday morning from the country's new military leader. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was seized by rebel soldiers on Monday amid rising anger at his failure to stem jihadist violence ravaging the impoverished nation. The new leader is Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, 41, a rising star in the military who commands an eastern region badly hit by jihadists. To reach the semi-finals, Burkina Faso need to upset a Tunisian side ranked fourth in Africa and who defeated Nigeria in the last round. "Maybe that would help calm the situation and it would give a lot of joy to our families and everyone who is behind us," Guira said.

Source: Daily Nation January 28, 2022 17:35 UTC