The Black Starlets of Ghana beat Mali 3-2 in the ongoing africa U-17 tournament in Gambia.

Malian striker Cheick Tidiani opened the scores in the 8th minuths but Ghana's Banahene Emmanuel came up with equaliser on the 10 minute.

Cheick Tidiani scored his second goal for Mali on the 51st minute, but starlets Appiah George and Opoku Agyemang added two more goals on the 72nd and 79th minute respectively.

The other group A match host Gambia 1-0 Burkina Faso