 Kilambe was banned for a doping offence |
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will introduce drug tests for players in its club competitions. The tests will commence during the opening group matches of this year's Champions League on 9 August.
Two players per team, selected at random, will be tested by Caf's anti-doping control unit.
Africa's football overlord has warned that players caught using banned substances will be severely punished.
Until now, drug testing in African football had been limited to the Nations Cup finals, a handful of domestic league competitions and World Cup qualifiers.
Zambian international Rotson Kilambe was the first African to be banned for a doping offence after traces of marijuana were found in a sample he gave after a World Cup qualifier in 2001.
Kilambe received a one-year ban from international matches and lost the chance to play at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali.
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