Koffi became only the fifth man in the history of the Championships to complete the 100m and 200m sprint double as powered to victory in a national record of 20:25sec ahead of Botswana's Isaac Makwala and Carvin Nkanata of Kenya.

Ahoure took advantage of the absence of newly crowned Commonwealth Games champion Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria by cruising to victory in the women's 200m, finishing 0:12 outside of her national record in a time of 22:36 ahead of compatriot Marie Jose Ta Lou.

World champion Eunice Sum led a Kenyan clean sweep in the women's 800m as she held off the challenge of former world champion Janeth Jepkosgei and Agatha Jeruto to take the gold in a time of 1min 59.45sec.

Eritrea's Abrar Osman denied another Kenyan one-two-three in the men's 5,000m as he finished with a bronze medal behind runner-up Isiah Koech and Caleb Ndiku, who added to his win at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with victory in Marrakech, crossing the line in 13:34.27.

Ayanleh Souleiman became the first athlete from Djibouti to win a track event at the African Championships with gold in the 1500m ©AFP/Getty Images



Djibouti celebrated its first ever African champion on the track as  Ayanleh Souleiman put in an impressive performance to claim the men's 1500m in 3:42.49, finishing just 0:09 ahead of world champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya and his team mate  Ronald Kwemoi.

Before today, Djibouti's sole gold medal at the African Championships was Ahmed Salah's men's marathon title in 1985.

There was an Ethiopian one-two in the women's 3,000m steeplechase as Hiwot Ayalew set a Championship record of 9:29.54 to take gold ahead of Sofia Assefa with Moroccan Salima Alami taking the bronze.

South Africa claimed two more titles on the final day to top the overall gold medal count with 10.

Wenda Nel claimed the first after winning the women's 400m hurdles in 55.32 ahead of Nigeria's Amaka Ogoegbunam and Kenyan Francisca Koki.

Lebogang Shange became the first South African to win the men's 20 kilometre walk race since 1992 when he crossed the line first in a time of 1hour 26min 58sec.

The women's event was won by African record holder Grace Wanjiru Njue, who finished ahead of Kenyan team mate Emily Ngii with Ethiopia's Askala Tiksa in third.

In the 4x400m relay events, Botswana took the men's title in a national record of 3:01.89, while the women's gold medal went to Nigeria.

Away from the track Botswanan high jumper Kabelo Kgosiemang made history by becoming the first athlete in the history of the African Championships to win five titles in succession.

Botswana's Kabelo Kgosiemang won a fifth successive African high jump crown in Marrakech ©Getty Images



There was further success for Kenya as Commonwealth Games champion Julius Yego retained his African title in the men's javelin after he overcame African record holder Abdelrahman El Sayed of Egypt with a throw of 84.72m.

Kgosiemang cleared 2.28m to finish ahead of Cameroon's Fernand Djoumessi to retain his title for the fourth time after his maiden Championship win in Bambous, Mauritius, in 2006.

Cameroon left it late to claim a gold medal in Marrakech and ended up winning two as Auriol Dongmo and Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin were crowned African champions.

Dongmo improved on her national record in the women's shot put with an effort of 16.84m, while Nkouindjin become only the second woman from Cameroon to surpass the 14-metre barrier in the triple jump, behind two-time Olympic champion Francoise Mbango as she took gold with 14.04m.

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