A goalless draw played out to another 50,000 capacity crowd at Luanda's 11 November stadium put both teams inito the last eight mix, at the expense of Mali and Malawi.
While the hosts and the Desert Foxes are still in contention day nine of this feast of African football proved the end of the road for Chelsea's star midfielder Michael Essien.
Ghana's best player hobbled out of contention for Tuesday's make or break Group B date with Burkina Faso after picking up a knee injury in training over the weekend.
This latest setback represented a cruel blow not only to Ghana, who are already bereft of a raft of first team players, and also Essien, who had just returned to fitness after an injury he picked up playing for his club in the Champions League in December, says AFP.
