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Egypt forward Mohamed Salah leads his country back to the World Cup.(AFP) <\/p>\n
The Liverpool superstar scored twice in a 3-0 victory over Djibouti on Wednesday to ensure Egypt will top its African qualifying group with one round to spare.<\/p>\n
Egypt is the third African team to qualify so far \u2014 joining Morocco and Tunisia. Ibrahim Adel also scored for Egypt.<\/p>\n
Salah and Egypt went to the 2018 World Cup, but he was affected by a shoulder injury sustained in the Champions League final weeks earlier, when Liverpool lost to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
At that edition, Egypt lost all three of its group games \u2014 against host Russia, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Egypt will be among nine African teams that directly qualify in the World Cup tournament draw on Dec. 5 in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso second behind Egypt in Group A after its 1-0 win at Sierra Leone, while Ethiopia beat Guinea Bissau 1-0.<\/p>\n
Cape Verde fought back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 against Libya to edge closer to what would be its first-ever World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n
Cape Verde leads Group D by two points over Cameroon, which beat Mauritius 2-0 \u2014 Nicolas Ngamaleu and Bryan Mbeumo both scored.<\/p>\n
In another Group D clash, Angola drew 2-2 at home against Eswatini.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s 5-0 victory over the Central African Republic edged the Black Stars closer to qualification, needing one point from their last match.<\/p>\n
Madagascar remains second behind Ghana in Group I following a 2-1 victory over Comoros.<\/p>\n
Mali secured a 2-0 away victory over Chad.<\/p>\n
Also, Niger beat Congo 3-1, and Zambia topped Tanzania 1-0 in Group E.<\/p>\n
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