The African continent is still in the early stages of World Cup qualifying and its looking like Africa will continue to surprise the footballing world. Gabon continued its perfect start to qualifying with their 3-0 home win over Togo. Turkish based striker Roguy Meye scored his 2nd goal in as many games in the final group stage as the Azingo Nationale lead Group A. In the other Group A match, Thomas N'Kono's 1st match in charge of Cameroon ended in a disappointing 0-0 home draw against Morocco. The legendary goalkeeper's coaching debut wasn't enough keep the Indomitable Lions off the bottom of Group A.

The current African champions, Egypt continue their struggles in qualifying after their 3-1 road loss to Algeria. The Pharoahs were finished by 3 goals in a 17 minute stretch in the 2nd half as Algeria moved to the top of Group C while Egypt sits in last place.

Nigeria bounced back from a disappointing opening game to take down Kenya at home 3-0. Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna scored twice in the 73rd & 77th minutes to seal The Super Eagles win. Nigeria moved into 2nd place in Group B behind Tunisia who remained perfect after their 2-0 home win against Mozambique.

Two other continental powers continued their perfect starts in the final stage of African qualifying. Ghana defeated Mali 2-0 on the road in Bamako with Udinese striker Kwadwo Asamoah scoring the game winner in the 66th minute as The Black Stars have not allowed a goal in taking the lead in Group D. Another African power, Côte d'Ivoire leads Group E after their 2-1 road win against Guinea. In a back & forth affair Sevilla midfielder Romaric scored the 3 point clinching goal in the 72nd minute.

Here are the results & standings after this round:

GROUP A STANDINGS

Sat. June 6th
Gabon 3 - 0 Togo
GAB: Bruno Ecuele (11'), Roguy Meye (56'), Moise Brou (83')

Sun. June 7th
Cameroon 0 - 0 Morocco

GROUP B STANDINGS

Sat. June 6th
Tunisia 2 - 0 Mozambique
TUN: Ouissen Ben Yahia (pen 21') & Oussama Darragi (90'+1')

Sun. June 7th
Nigeria 3 - 0 Kenya
NIG: Ikechukwu Uche (2') & Victor Obinna (pen 73'& 77')

GROUP C STANDINGS

Sat. June 6th
Zambia 1 - 0 Rwanda
ZAM: Rainford Kalaba (79')

Sun. June 7th
Algeria 3 - 1 Egypt
ALG: Karim Matmour (60'), Abdelkader Ghezzal (64'), Rafik Djebbour (77')
EGY: Mohamed Aboutrika (87')

GROUP D STANDINGS

Sun. June 7th
Benin 1 - 0 Sudan
BEN: Razak Omotoyossi (19')

Mali 0 - 2 Ghana
GHA: Kwadwo Asamoah (67') & Matthew Amoah (79')

GROUP E STANDINGS

Sat. June 6th
Malawi 0 - 1 Burkina Faso
BFA: Moumouni Dagano (70')

Sun. June 7th
Guinea 1 - 2 Côte d'Ivoire
GUI: Sambegou Bangoura (65')
CIV: Bakary Kone (45') & Romaric (72')