Kessie scored Ivory Coast’s equaliser from the penalty spot with four minutes left before stepping up to score the decisive effort in the shoot-out.

Ghana coach Hughton back in firing line as exit looks imminent

Bounedjah levelled for the second time five minutes into stoppage time.

Tanzania have never won a match at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso scored in each half to secure an opening win in Abidjan.

The president of his former club Napoli threatened only to sign African players willing to give up international ambitions.