Overview
- Senegal beat Botswana 3:0 in Tangier as Bayern loanee Nicolas Jackson struck twice and substitute Cherif Ndiaye added a late third.
- Algeria defeated Sudan 3:0 with Luca Zidane keeping a clean sheet, Riyad Mahrez scoring a brace and Ibrahim Maza finishing the rout late.
- Ivory Coast edged Mozambique 1:0 in Marrakesh through Amad Diallo’s 49th-minute strike and held on after a late chance required a save from keeper Fofana.
- RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande was treated after a collision with Mexer during the Ivory Coast match and was able to continue.
- Senegal’s remaining Group D fixtures are against DR Congo and Benin as host-nation Morocco’s group stage moves to its second round.