A second-half strike from Radhi Jaidi helped Tunisia continue their recovery in World Cup qualifying with a narrow 1-0 victory over Burundi.On a weekend which saw most of Africa's top teams either beaten or held to draws by lowly opposition, the Carthage Eagles were relieved to secure a win in Bujumbura.

Birmingham City defender Jaidi netted the only goal after 66 minutes to help his side to all three points.

The north Africans, who surprisingly lost their opening Group Nine match 2-1 to Burkina Faso on matchday one, now have two wins and trail the Stallions by three points.

In Curepipe, Eduardo Dady scored a 43rd-minute penalty to help the Cape Verde Islands to a 1-0 win over Mauritius.

The win moved the Blue Sharks to within a point of Cameroon at the top of Group One, while the Mauritians stay bottom.

Joseph Yobo was Nigeria's hero for the second week in succession, scoring the only goal as the Super Eagles beat Equatorial Guinea 1-0.

The Everton defender, who scored an 88th-minute winner against Sierra Leone last week, was on the scoresheet after just five minutes in Malabo to help Nigeria take command of Group Four with three wins from three.

In Group Five Libya's Ahmed Osman was on target seven minutes from the full-time whistle, stealing all three points in a 1-0 win over Lesotho in Bloemfontein.

The victory lifted the Greens to second in the pool behind leaders Ghana, who were beaten by Gabon on Saturday, on goal difference.

Madagascar missed the chance to go top of Group Seven and had to rely on a late strike from Guy Mamihasindrahona to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to Mozambique.

The islanders, who held Ivory Coast to a draw in their last game, fell behind to a Dario Kahn goal after 33 minutes.

However, Mamihasindrahona converted a 90th-minute penalty which helped his side to a point that keeps them third behind the Ivorians and Botswana.

Zambia claimed their first point of qualifying, but remain bottom of Group 11 after a goalless draw against Swaziland.

The Swazis remain in charge of their section on four points, one ahead of Togo.

In Group Six, Liberia hit back from 2-0 down to draw with Senegal.

The visitors took command with goals from El-Hadji Diouf and Cheikh Matar Gueye but Dioh Williams reduced the arrears with 15 minutes to go before Oliver Makor snatched a late leveller.

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