Gunmen have fired on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, wounding players and reportedly killing the driver.

The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of Cabinda.

The government called the incident an "act of terrorism".

Rebels who have been fighting for the region's independence later said they had carried out the attack.

The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec) has fought for independence for several decades, but entered a ceasefire in 2006.

// posted by asteroiderz @ 11:01 pm