The African qualifying campaign for the World Cup is heating up, with Matchday 5 and 6 fixtures scheduled to take place from March 19 to March 25. Here’s a comprehensive list of the upcoming matches:

Matchday 5 Fixtures

March 19, Wednesday

• Group D: Eswatini v Cameroon (1600)
• Group H: Liberia v Tunisia (1600)
• Group I: Central African Republic v Madagascar (1600)

March 20, Thursday

• Group A: Sierra Leone v Guinea-Bissau (1600)
• Group C: Zimbabwe v Benin (1600)
• Group D: Cape Verde v Mauritius (1600), Libya v Angola (1900)
• Group F: Gabon v Seychelles, Gambia v Kenya (both 1900)
• Group G: Mozambique v Uganda (1300)
• Group H: Malawi v Namibia (1600)
• Group I: Comoros v Mali (2100)

March 21, Friday

• Group A: Burkina Faso v Djibouti (1600), Ethiopia v Egypt (2100)
• Group B: Democratic Republic of Congo v South Sudan (1600)
• Group C: South Africa v Lesotho (1600), Rwanda v Nigeria (1600)
• Group E: Niger v Morocco (2130)
• Group F: Burundi v Ivory Coast (1900)
• Group G: Botswana v Algeria (1300), Guinea v Somalia (2100)
• Group H: Equatorial Guinea v Sao Tome e Principe (1300)
• Group I: Ghana v Chad (1900)

March 22, Saturday

• Group B: Togo v Mauritania (1600), Sudan v Senegal (1900)

Matchday 6 Fixtures

March 23, Sunday

• Group D: Eswatini v Mauritius (1300)
• Group F: Kenya v Gabon (1300)

March 24, Monday

• Group A: Guinea-Bissau v Burkina Faso (1600), Ethiopia v Djibouti (2100)
• Group F: Ivory Coast v Gambia (1900)
• Group H: Namibia v Equatorial Guinea (1300), Liberia v Sao Tome e Principe (1600), Tunisia v Malawi (2100)
• Group I: Central African Republic v Mali (1600), Madagascar v Ghana (1900)

March 25, Tuesday

• Group A: Egypt v Sierra Leone (1900)
• Group B: Sudan v South Sudan (1900), Mauritania v Democratic Republic of Congo (2100), Senegal v Togo (2100)
• Group C: Benin v South Africa, Nigeria v Zimbabwe, Rwanda v Lesotho (all 1600)
• Group D: Angola v Cape Verde (1600), Cameroon v Libya (1900)
• Group E: Morocco v Tanzania (2130)
• Group F: Burundi v Seychelles (1900)
• Group G: Botswana v Somalia (1300), Uganda v Guinea (1600), Algeria v Mozambique (2100)
• Group I: Comoros v Chad (2100)

These fixtures promise to deliver exciting matches, and football fans across Africa will be eagerly watching to see which teams will emerge victorious.