Overview
- Tunisia beat Namibia 3-0 in Sousse with goals from Ali El Abdi, Hannibal Mejbri and Ferjani Sassi to complete qualifying unbeaten and without conceding.
- Namibia placed second in Group H yet lacked the points total required to be among the four best runners-up advancing to next month's playoff.
- Cape Verde defeated Eswatini 3-0 in Praia to win Group D and qualify for the World Cup for the first time, finishing four points ahead of Cameroon.
- Equatorial Guinea drew 1-1 with Liberia using a new-look squad after a player strike, while Sao Tome e Principe earned a first campaign win by edging Malawi 1-0 via Ronald Lumungo in a match staged in Sousse.
- South Sudan parted ways with coach Nicolas Dupuis after a 5-0 loss to Senegal and closed with a 0-0 draw against Togo, as Cameroon can still reach the playoffs as a runner-up.