CAPE TOWN — Ghana and Senegal secured away wins in the African Nations Cup qualifiers Saturday but it proved an embarrassing day for the continent's other footballing heavyweights with Nigeria drawing and South Africa and Tunisia beaten. There was an historic first-ever victory for South Sudan, which beat Equatorial Guinea 1-0 at home after failing to win in its first 11 internationals.
A late free kick from Mubarak Wakaso handed Ghana a 1-0 win over Rwanda in Kigali and a second successive win in the preliminaries for the 2017 finals in Gabon.
Cheikhou Kouyate and Sadio Mane scored either side of halftime to give Senegal a 2-0 away victory in Namibia and maintain its 100 percent record in Group K.
But Nigeria was held to a goalless draw away in Tanzania.
South Africa suffered a major setback in Mauritania, losing 3-1. Tunisia lost 1-0 away in Liberia. Nordin Amrabat, Youssef El Arabi and Nabil Dirar scored as Morocco won 3-0 away in tiny Sao Tome e Principe and Fode Dore got a hat trick as Congo emerged 4-2 winner in GuineaBissau. — Reuters
