Overview
- Algeria beat Burkina Faso 1-0 through a 23rd-minute Riyad Mahrez penalty, moving to six points with a 4:0 goal difference as Luca Zidane kept a second straight clean sheet.
- The holders are assured of winning Group E, with Burkina Faso and Sudan on three points each and Equatorial Guinea on zero.
- Sudan edged Equatorial Guinea 1-0 via an own goal to record their first points, a morale-lifting result for a nation enduring a civil war.
- Mozambique defeated Gabon 3-2 to claim their first Africa Cup victory, leaving Gabon pointless despite a goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- Ivory Coast drew 1-1 with Cameroon in Marrakesh, leaving both on four points with their qualification to be settled in Wednesday’s final group matches.