LUANDA, (Reuters) – The African Nations Cup will go ahead despite an attack by gunmen on the bus carrying the Togo team as the players entered the host country Angola for the tournament, the organisers CAF said yesterday.

“Our first priority is the safety of the players but the tournament will go ahead,” Confederation of African Football (CAF) spokesman Suleimanu Habubu said in Luanda.

A bus driver was killed in the gun attack yesterday shortly after the Togo team crossed the border into the Cabinda enclave, where they are due to play their first group match on Monday.

Nine other people, including two players, were wounded in the attack, said a Togo team official.