The Black Stars took the lead in the first half, when Jordan Ayew scored the penalty, which was given to Ghana when the Equatorial Guinea's goalkeeper Felipe Ovono fouled kwesie Appiah.
The Ghanians increased their lead in the first half, when the skillful Mubarak Wakaso, sloted in their second goal from a counter attack.
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The fans of the host nation - Equatorial Guinea had already showed signs of discomfort before the end of the first half.
Second half began with Ghana continueing their pressure on their opponents, which resulted in their third goal of the match on the 75th minute, when Andre Ayew scored.
It was after this third goal that the host nation's fans lost their cool and started throwing missiles at the Ghana fans and also into the pitch.
A number of people were wounded and the match was halted for about half an hour, while the police struggled to control the situation.
The Ghana fans were huddled together with fear at the back of one of the goal post, as the agitated Equatorial Guinea fans continued to rain all sorts of missles at the Ghana fans and littered the pitch with their missiles.
The crowd violence really took away the sweet taste of a well deserved victory from the Ghana team.
The barbaric actions of the fans is a big disgrace and tarnished the image of the beautiful game in Africa.
Confederation of African Football (CAF), which is the organisers of the football tournament in Equatorial Guinea, has fined the nation $100,000, for the violence in Thursday's semi-final match against Ghana.
Ghana will play Ivory Coast on Sunday in the final. Ivory Coast beat Democratic Republic of Congo 3 - 1 in the first semi-final on Wednesday.
Equatorial Guinea will play Democratic Republic of Congo for the third place on Saturday.
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