Congo 0-6 Morocco
Morocco extended their lead at the top of Group E in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers after thrashing Congo 6-0 on Tuesday.
Azzedine Ounahi broke the deadlock within the earlier exchanges, and Chadi Riad added to the tally minutes later to leave the host rattled.
Forward Ayoub El Kaabi piled more misery on the home team with a quick-fire brace that saw the Atlas Lions go into the interval with four unanswered strikes.
Congo fell further apart in the second stanza, as the North Africans continued to take control when El Kaabi made it five to complete his hat-trick before Soufiane Rahimi turned up for the sixth goal.
Lesotho 0-1 Rwanda
Rwanda secured a second win in Group C and jumped to the top of the standings ahead of South Africa after overcoming Lesotho 1-0 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
Likwena looked for yet another win after upsetting Zimbabwe last Friday in Soweto, while the day prior Rwanda succumbed to Benin in Abidjan.
With the match quite tense following the start, the deadlock were broken on the stroke of halftime through a composed finish from Jojea Kwizera and ultimately saw them to victory.
Zambia 0-1 Tanzania
Zambia continued to lose ground in Group E and with the pace-setters after going down 1-0 to Tanzania out in Lusaka.
Chipolopolo have had a dismal campaign and came off a loss to Morocco, as the Taifa Stars came energised to garner another win to consolidate their situation in the group.
The winner came five minutes after kick-off where Waziri Shentembo proved the difference maker and separated matters between the respective nations.
Cape Verde 1-0 Libya
Cape Verde moved up to third-place in Group D of their qualifying campaign this after seeing off Libya 1-0 in Praia.
The Island nation bounced back to winning ways too following the disappointing 4-1 defeat to Cameroon over the weekend, whilst Libya edged Mauritius.
A tenth minute finish from Diney was all it took to give the host maximum points over the North Africans, who despite the loss languish second in the group standings.
Angola 1-1 Cameroon
Cameroon rued the chance to pull further away at the top of Group D and could only pick up a 1-1 draw against a stubborn Angola.
With a dominant display over Cape Verde Islands in the past weekend, the Indomitable Lions were keen to carry the same weight as Bryan Mbuemo opened proceedings earlier on.
The Palancas Negras recovered ten minutes in the second half and some form of good fortune brought them level when Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui found his own net.
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