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The world football governing body FIFA have released new rankings ahead of the 2018 World cup qualifiers African Zone draws on Friday.

Egypt who lodged a formal complaint to express their unsatisfactory for being in pot 2 after the earlier famous special rankings,are now in pot 1 of top seeds.

Top five ranked teams in Africa: Algeria,Cote d’ivoire,Ghana,Egypt and Senegal are in pot 1.

Tunisia were relegated in pot 2 with Morocco,Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo and Cameroon.

Pot 3 occupies Cape Verde,Nigeria,South Africa,Mali and Guinea.

Zambia alongside Burkina Faso,Libya,Gabon and Uganda expects a tough draw against the top seeds after being put in pot 4.

African football writer, covering the game across the continent. Covered the U-20 Africa Cup of the Nations, in Zambia.

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