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Zimbabwe`s Warriors brought joy and celebration to the Southern African nation when they sailed through to the 2017 AFCON to be played in Gabon.

In a historic game played at the giant national stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe beat Malawi 3-0.

Meanwhile Zimbabwe`s group L rivals Guinea lost 1 – to Swaziland.

Khama Billiat who was recently crowned South African Footballer of the year doubled Zimbabwe`s lead on 36 minutes firing impressive goals from close range.

Following a foul inside the box Knowledge Musona was awarded a penalty on 16 minutes and scored for Zimbabwe.

With a minute to go to full time Cuthbert Malajiha headed in the victory goal as the more than 45 000 crowd cheered for the warriors.

In other games East Africa`s Kenya beat Guinea-Bissau’s closest challengers Congo Brazzaville 2-1 in Group E to secure an historic qualification for the African minnows who defeated Zambia on Saturday. Ghana won 2-0 away to Mauritius.

Congo took an early lead in the Group E match through Ismael Gonzalez who converted a 19th minute penalty.

In Group B, the Democratic Republic of Congo moved closer to the finals with a resounding 6-1 win in Madagascar.

There were two goals each for Cedric Bakambu and Paul-José M’Poku, with Crystal Palace’s recently married winger Yannick Bolasie, and Jordan Rolly Botaka also scoring.

The final round of group matches will be played in September.

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