Emmanuel Adebayor returned to the Togo side to help them become one of ten teams into the group stage of African qualifying for Brazil 2014, which also included Kenya, who eased by Seychelles.
Mauritius have announced their withdrawal from the preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, giving scheduled opponents Liberia a bye to the next round.
Nigeria and South Africa will join Egypt and Cameroon on the outside of the continental championship as they both stumbled at home, while the likes of Niger and Libya confirmed unlikely spots in the finals.
Kolo and Yaya Toure both scored to seal a 2-1 win for Côte d’Ivoire over Burundi, completing their perfect run in 2012 CAF African Cup of Nations qualifying, while Rwanda were boosted by a 1-0 win over Benin.
Cameroon begun the final weekend of CAF African Nations Cup qualifiers with an impressive 3-2 win in Kinchasa over Congo DR today, although they were already out of the running for qualification.
Senegal and Burkina Faso were the big winners over the weekend as the pair booked passage to the 2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations, but seven groups remain up for grabs with one qualifying round to go.
FIFA WC 2014 Prel. Comp. African Zone
CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2012
2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations
2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations
