Tunisia’s Eagles of Carthage were also humbled by underdogs.
Nigeria will face a familiar foe in Cameroon. Survival Côte d’Ivoire will clash with searing Senegal.
Mr Blinken is on the second stop of a four-nation tour of Africa, taking him to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola from January 21 to 26.
Ghana’s fate hangs in the balance.
Guinea and Gambia will face each other in their second Group C game later today.
Ghana have one point out of a possible six. Egypt have two.
Cape Verde embarrassed Ghana and Salah saved Egypt’s blushes.
The session is to be chaired by President Bola Tinubu.
This was after they defeated hosts Cape Verde 2-1 for a 7-1 aggregate win in the final round of the qualification series.
“However, in terms of security, there are still pockets of hostilities around the borders with Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia in the Casamance region,” it stated.
