(FILES) Youths play football near a date tree plantation in the beginning of the harvest season in Barkal, in northern Sudan, on September 15, 2023. Football fans in Sudan, a country torn apart by war, are savouring a rare moment of pride after the national team qualified for the 2025 African Cup of Nations finals. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)