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DR Congo and Ivory Coast open AFCON 2027 qualifying with wins
September 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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5 reports · 3 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 6 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
DR Congo and Ivory Coast top Africa Cup of Nations qualifying opening wins
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YKYalla Kora
كوت ديفوار تنتصر على غانا بتصفيات أفريقيا.. والكاميرون تهزم جزر القمر
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YKYalla Kora
تصفيات أفريقيا.. موريتانيا تعبر بثلاثية.. والكونغو تفوز على غينيا الاستوائية
(opens the publisher’s site)YKYalla Kora
تصفيات أفريقيا.. موريتانيا تعبر أفريقيا الوسطى.. والكونغو تفوز على غينيا الاستوائية
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AJAl Jazeera English
LIVE: Ivory Coast vs Ghana – AFCON qualifying
(opens the publisher’s site)The Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifying campaign began Thursday with opening victories for DR Congo and Ivory Coast.
- DR Congo beat Equatorial Guinea 2-0 in Kinshasa, with captain Chancel Mbemba heading the opener and Yoane Wissa adding a second.
- Ivory Coast defeated Ghana 2-0 in Bouaké, as Malick Yalcouye scored from outside the box and Franck Kessié converted a penalty.
- Mauritania beat the Central African Republic 3-1, Cameroon beat Comoros 3-1, and Namibia edged Congo 1-0.
- DR Congo's crowd was capped at 20,000 and Libya played behind closed doors under sanctions for previous fan violence.