{
  "id": 9548117,
  "title": "Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers begin with 2025 champions still undecided",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers-begin-with-2025-champions-still",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:20:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20260924-2027-africa-cup-of-nations-qualifiers-begin-with-2025-champions-undecided-world-cup-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations get underway on Thursday, with a heavyweight clash between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire the pick of the bunch. Meanwhile, top sports lawyers are preparing to thrash out whether Senegal or Morocco won the 2025 edition of the tournament.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}