The draw for the delayed 2021 AFCON was held in Cameroon on Tuesday.
Holders Algeria have been grouped with two-time winners Ivory Coast following the 2021 African Cup Of Nations ceremony held in Yaounde on Tuesday.
The delayed event, which will be hosted be hosted in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6 features 24 teams for the second time with six groups of four.
Algeria who triumphed in Egypt in 2019, are alongside 1992 and 2015 winners Ivory Coast as well as Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea in Group E.
Hosts Cameroon will open the tournament in Group A where they were drawn alongside Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde.
Record seven-time winner Egypt who last lifted the title in 2010, are grouped with three-time champions Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau on Group D.
Arsenal teammates Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Thomas Partey will face off in Group C with Gabon and Ghana alongside first-timers Comoros and top seed Morocco.
Debutants Gambia are alongside Tunisia, Mail and Mauritania in Group F, while 2019 runners up are in Group B with Zimbabwe, Guinea and Malawi.
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS DRAW:
Group A: Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Cape Verde.
Group B: Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea and Malawi
Group C: Morocco, Ghana, Comoros and Gabon
Group D: Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau
Group E: Algeria, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast
Group F: Tunisia, Mail, Mauritania and Gambia. BBC