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It's been a compelling and chaotic week of international football across Africa, with the World Cup qualifying campaign hotting up, headlined by South Africa fielding an ineligible player against Lesotho.

We're halfway through a pulsating international break for Africa's national sides, as the continent's World Cup hopefuls look to give themselves a boost on the road to USA-Mexico-Canada 2026.

Captain Mohamed Salah scored for Egypt as they eased to a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Friday, but 2022 semi-finalists Morocco needed a late winner from Bilal El Khannouss to defeat unfancied Niger.

Who will win the 2026 World Cup? A team stacked with talent, surely. We've devised a way to rank countries by the talent in their squads.

This week, the Africa World Cup qualifying campaign group stages will pass the halfway point, with teams starting to learn whether they'll be able to start making plans for Canada-Mexico-USA next June.

The first international break of 2025 sees a resumption of Africa's FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

A flurry of three goals in a six-minute span propelled Nigeria to a 3-1 win over Ghana, but more importantly secured a return to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) for the first time in six years.

A fan who racially abused Arsenal player Thomas Partey in a social media post was banned from all games for three years on Tuesday.

Otto Addo is under pressure as Ghana coach, after a catastrophic AFCON qualifying campaign, but he still has believers who think he is the best person for the job.

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign is in the books, with all 24 qualifiers for next year's biennial competition now confirmed. ESPN present the definitive recap on all things AFCON.