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From December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the Eagles of Carthage will defend their continental chances, qualifying this Thursday with the benefit of a victory snatched in Madagascar thanks to Niçois Ali Abdi (2-3).
Qualification also for Gabon which, even before hosting Morocco, saw Lesotho dominate the Central African Republic (1-0), thus allowing the Panthers to return to the CAN after a missed 2023 edition.
Absent since 2015, the Congolese will still have to wait, ousted from the race after a setback conceded to South Sudan (3-2) – a result synonymous with sesame on the other hand for South Africa and Uganda.
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