Ghana's Black Stars have been handed a relatively easy route to next year's Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon after the team were drawn in Group H of the qualifying alongside Mozambique, Rwanda and Mauritius.
The qualifiers will commence later this year and only group winners and two best second placed teams will qualify for the tournament.
The draw for the qualifiers held yesterday in Cairo included both Morocco and Tunisia.
Morocco had been banned from taking part in the next two editions of the tournament after they did not host the 2015 event but were reinstated after winning their appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Tunisia avoided a ban after apologising to CAF for accusing the governing body of bias.
Morocco were placed in Group F, alongside Cape Verde, Libya and Sao Tome. Tunisia will face Togo, Liberia and Djibouti in Group A.
In perhaps the toughest group, 2013 African champions Nigeria were paired against seven-time winners Egypt, who failed to qualify for this year's Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania and Chad.
Winners of the 13 groups will automatically book their place at the 2017 tournament in Gabon along with the two best-placed runners-up. It excludes the group which contains hosts Gabon, whose matches will be considered friendlies and where only the winner will qualify.
Gabon are placed in Group I alongside reigning champions Cote d’Ivoire, Sudan and Sierra Leone.
