Preliminaries of 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup for Africa ended on Tuesday 13. 26 lowest ranked teams in Africa faced each other on home and away basis in the round to produce 13 teams to join 27 higher ranked teams that were given a bye in the preliminaries in round 2 of the qualifiers.

The 40 nations from round 2 will also lock horns on home and away basis starting November with aggregate winners proceeding to round 3.

Round 2 draw for Africa:

Niger v Cameroon
Mauritania v Tunisia
Namibia v Guinea
Ethiopia v Congo
Chad v Egypt
Comoros v Ghana
Swaziland v Nigeria
Botswana v Mali
Burundi v DR Congo
Liberia v Côte d’Ivoire
Madagascar v Senegal
Kenya v Cape Verde
Tanzania v Algeria
Sudan v Zambia
Libya v Rwanda
Morocco v Equatorial Guinea
Mozambique v Gabon
Benin v Burkina Faso
Togo v Uganda
Angola v South Africa

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Bonface Osano

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