Oumar Diakite was the hero as hosts Ivory Coast staged another remarkable salvage operation on Saturday to reach the Africa cup of Nations semi=finals, and South Africa later joined them.South Africa are back in the semi-finals for the first time since 2000, when they lost to then co-hosts Nigeria, their opponents in Bouake on Wednesday.
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On Monday two more teams booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Cape Verde did so for the very first time and at their fourth time of asking. Meanwhile hosts Ivory Coast knocked out champions Senegal in a dramatic shoot out.