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Ghana's Black Stars have qualified for the 2015 African Cup of Nations to be staged in Equatorial Guinea early next year. The Blacks Stars beat Togo 3 - 1 at the Tamale Stadium Wednesday afteroon to top Group D with 11 points. Goals from Abdul Majeed Waris, Mubarak Wakaso and stand-in captain Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu were enough to give the Black Stars the win, despite an early second half goal from Togo. Abdul Majeed Waris opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a header after the Black Stars had controlled the early exchanges before Mubarak Wakaso snuffed out the early inklings of a Togo fight back with a wonder strike just four minutes later. A blazing start to the second half saw the Hawks pull one back through Jonathan Ayitte before an effort from Agyemang-Badu was deflected into the net to restore the two goal lead and seal the result for the four-time African champions. Togo came to this match after a thrashing defeat they suffered from Guinea. They have only won twice in their last 5 matches while they lost 3 matches in total. Their wins came against Uganda only. They scored 6 goals in these matches while allowing 9 goals to be scored against them. Ghana�s unbeaten streak came to a stop when they lost to Uganda in their last match. Before that they had 2 wins and 2 draws. Despite their best efforts the Hawks could not muster any heroics as the Stars saw out the game with some solid defending and organisation to book a place in next year's African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.