WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on the final of Africa's elite international football tournament, the Africa Cup of Nations, which sees favourites Nigeria take on Burkina Faso at Soccer City stadium in the Soweto area of Johannesburg.

"Soccer City is awash with the white and green of Nigeria fans, with the insistent drone of vuvuzelas ever present backdrop to matches in South Africa," my colleague Nick Reeves writes from the stadium.

"The pitch is looking pristine, Burkina Faso won't know what's hit them after the threadbare surface in Nelspruit, their home for their five games up to the final."

The final is set to kick off at 1830 GMT so stay with us for all the action as it unfolds.