Angola are due to play Chad while Cape Verde have a date with Swaziland.

BBC: Rafael is wanted by Angola

It is not clear whether he will be tried in Chad or in Senegal, where Mr Habre is due to go on trial after being held under house arrest there since 2005.

BBC: Mahamat Djibrine: Chadians hail ex-police chief's arrest

In France, a court is due on September 8th to examine Libyan responsibility for a French airliner brought down by a bomb over Chad in 1989.

ECONOMIST: Libya