There is a cohort of African countries that have been ever-present at the FIFA World Cup™ in recent years: Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon and Algeria have all appeared at both of the last two editions of the global extravaganza.
It will be a different story next time round, though, with Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria having been drawn in the same qualifying group, meaning that only one of them will make it to Russia 2018. On top of that, Ghana have stumbled in their section early on, enabling Egypt to claim pole position.