Mafi kyawun aikin gama-gari da Afrika ta taɓa yi a tarihin FIFA World Cup zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan batutuwan taron dabarun CAF da ke zuwa, wanda za a gudanar da shi daga ranar 7 zuwa 9 ga watan Oktoba a Santa Maria, tsibirin Sal, Cabo Verde.

Ƙasashe 10 na Afirka — wanda ya zarce kowace rikodin da aka taɓa samu — sun shiga FIFA World Cup 2026, ƙaddamar da farkon bugu mai ƙungiyoyi 48: Algeria, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, da Tunisia. Nahiyar ba ta taɓa aike da wakilai da yawa haka zuwa mataki na duniya ba.

Tara daga goma: tarihin tsalle ga nahiyar

Tara daga cikin ƙasashen goma sun wuce zagayen rukunin zuwa zagaye na 32, wato ƙimar cancanta ta kashi 90 cikin ɗari — mafi girma da Afrika ta taɓa cimma a Gasar Duniya. Ƙungiya ɗaya ce kawai ta kasa wucewa.

CAF ta lura cewa Afrika ta wakilci kashi 20.8 cikin ɗari na mahalarta 48 na gasar, amma ta kai kashi 28.1 cikin ɗari na ƙungiyoyin da suka kai zagaye na 32 — wani aikin da ya zarce yawan wakilcin nahiyar.

Bambancin da gasannin da suka gabata babba ne. Kashi 40 cikin ɗari ne kawai na ƙungiyoyin Afirka suka wuce rukunin a 2022, babu ɗaya a 2018, kuma kashi 40 cikin ɗari suka wuce a 2014. Alkalumman 2026 suna nuna babban ci gaba.

Tafiyar almara ta Cabo Verde

Ɗaya daga cikin manyan labarun gasar shi ne na Cabo Verde, wanda ya fara shiga Gasar Duniya. Masu fara shiga sun tsare champions na Turai Spain zuwa 0-0 a wasansu na farko, kafin su tabbatar da cancantar wucewa daga rukuninsu.

A zagaye na 32, Cabo Verde sun tilasta wa zaɓaɓɓun champions Argentina zuwa karin lokaci, suna asara da 3-2 bayan sun dawo sau biyu daga baya kafin su ci gaba da karɓar burin da ya yanke shawara a minti na 111. An kuri'a wa burin daidaito na Sidny Lopes Cabral da ban mamaki daga baya a matsayin mafi kyawun burin zagaye na 32 kuma aka sanya shi a jerin FIFA na Burin Gasar.

Morocco da Egypt sun ci gaba har

Egypt ta kai zagaye na 16 ta hanyar doke Australia da 4-2 a harbin fanariti bayan daidaito na 1-1 — wani muhimmin nasara mai cin alƙawarin ga Fir'auna a matakai na kau da kai.

Morocco ta ci gaba har. The Atlas Lions sun kai kwata-fainal a Gasar Duniya ta biyu a jere, suna tabbatar da cewa tafiyarsu ta tarihi zuwa semi-fainal a 2022 ba wani lamari na ciki ba ne. Yaƙin neman zaɓen su na 2026 ya ƙare a Boston da asarar 2-0 ga France, amma wani bayyanar a cikin ƙananan 8 ya ƙara ƙarfafa matsayin Morocco a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙarfin Afirka a fagen duniya.

Senegal suma ta ba da ɗayan manyan nasarori na Afirka a gasar, ta doke Iraq da 5-0 ƙarƙashin horon Pape Thiaw yayin da Teranga Lions suke karya hanyarsu zuwa matakai na kau da kai.

Abin da taron zai bincika

Taron dabarun CAF zai tattaro horon ƙungiyoyin Afirka goma na Gasar Duniya, shugabannin ƙungiyoyin mambobin CAF 54, daraktocin fasaha, da ƙwararrun ƙasashen duniya. Ba a tsara taron ne don bikin sakamakon kadai ba, amma don nazarin su cikin zurfi.

Tattaunawar za ta mayar da hankali kan ƙa'idojin horo, shirye-shiryen kafin gasar, ci gaban fasaha, da tsarin da ya ba da damar ƙungiyoyin Afirka da yawa su tsira — kuma wasu lokuta su bunƙasa — a matakin rukunin. Manufar ƙarshe ita ce juya daruruwan 2026 zuwa wani shiri mai aiki wanda zai iya kai kwallon ƙafa ta Afirka har ma da nisa a FIFA World Cup 2030.

Ƙungiyoyi tara sun kai matakai na kau da kai, wannan ya nuna cewa Afrika na iya yin gasa da ƙarin daidaito a duk tsawon Gasar Duniya; Morocco ta kai kwata-fainal na biyu a jere ya tabbatar da cewa tafiyoyi masu zurfi a gasar suna yiwuwa; kuma Cabo Verde ta nuna cewa ko wacce ƙasa da ta fara shiga daga ƙananan ƙasashen nahiyar na iya yin gogayya da manyan ƙasashen duniya. Baki ɗaya, waɗannan ayyukan sun saita ma'auni da taron ke nufin wucewa.