New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Gabon players Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Bruno Ecuele Manga have been reinstated to the national team following their expulsion after a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

Both players were removed from the Gabon team, the coaching staff including head coach Thierry Mouyouma was fired, and the whole squad was suspended by Gabon's government after it failed to win a game at the Africa Cup in Morocco.

The Gabonese Football Federation said the "government measures suspending the national team" and excluding the two players were lifted Monday. Mouyouma and his coaching staff remained fired.

The federation said Gabon's newly appointed sports minister, Paul Ulrich Kessany, wrote to it to stress the import...