Joel Mogorosi scored early into the second half to hand hosts Botswana victory over Burkina Faso in group D.
The striker netted six minutes after the break to ensure the Zebras picked their first maximum points of the campaign.
The result implies that the two tie on three points albeit Burkina Faso above on goal difference while Uganda who beat Comoros 1-0 away from home stretch the lead at the top from maximum points from two fixtures.
In Monrovia, Tunisia suffered their first defeat of the campaign losing to Liberia 1-0. Francis Doe scored the only goal of the game eleven minutes to time.
Elsewhere, Morocco maintained their perfect start to the qualification campaign with a 3-0 victory away to Sao Tome Principe. Nordin Amrabat, Youssef El Arabi and Nabil Dirar scored the goals for the Atlas Lions.
In Bissau, Congo defeated hosts Guinea Bissau 4-2 in a six goal thriller. Foreboy Dore was the start of the day netting four times for the visitors while the hosts’ consolation goals were scored by Jose Mendes Zezinho.
In other qualifiers, South Africa failed two win again after losing 3-1 to Mauritania away from home, Sudan were beaten by hosts Gabon 4-0, Rwanda lost 1-0 at home to Ghana, Tanzania played to a barren draw with Nigeria, Burundi beat Niger 2-0 while the biggest shock of the day saw Bright Stars of South Sudan beating Equatorial Guinea 1-0 in Juba.
Earlier on Friday, Togo beat Djibouti 2-0 away from home. Action continues on Sunday with a number of fixtures on card.
Saturday Results
Guinea Bissau 2-4 Congo
Mauritania 3-1 South Africa
Liberia 1-0 Tunisia
Sao Tome Principe 0-3 Morocco
Seychelles 1-1 Ethiopia
Comoros 0-1 Uganda
Tanzania 0-0 Nigeria
Burundi 2-0 Niger
South Sudan 1-0 Equatorial Guinea
Rwanda 0-1 Ghana
Namibia 0-2 Senegal
Botswana 1-0 Burkina Faso
