The Ghana Football Association has confirmed the Black Stars will keep camp in the UAE ahead of next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

Contrary to earlier rumours making round that Minister for Youth and Sports Nii Lante Vanderpuye had instructed the team to camp in Equitorial Guinea ahead of the tournament, the GFA has confirmed that the team will camp in the United Arab Emirates.

This has put to rest speculations surrounding the destination of the senior national team's camping base.

A released itinerary said: ''Departure to the UAE for a 12-day pre-tournament training from 2nd to 13th January 2017.''

This will be the second time the Black Stars will be camping at the UAE in the space of two months after they trained there before their 2-0 defeat to Egypt in a World Cup qualifier in November.

Before the 2015 tournament in Equatorial Guinea, the Black Stars trained in Seville, Spain and went on to finish runners-up.

Ghana's opening Group D opponents Uganda will also be in the UAE where they will play Slovakia and Ivory Coast in a warm up games.