1257: Zimbabwe and Mauritania kick off in Harare.

1258: Ethiopia and Malawi kick off in Addis Ababa.

1300: An Ethiopian free-kick from outside the penalty area hits the Malawi post before rebounding to safety.

1300: Swaziland and Cape Verde kick off in Mbabane.

1315: Neither Zimbabwe nor Mauritania have settled in a game where both midfields are battling to determine supremacy.

1315: Gabon kick off against Burundi in Bujumbura.

1320:GOAL! Zimbabwe 1-0 Mauritania
Adam Ndlovu opens the scoring after heading home brother Peter's perfect left-wing cross.

1323: Mauritania's Yohan Lanblat misses his side's best chance of the game so far when volleying over the bar from the edge of the box with just the keeper to beat.

1337: The game between Zimbabwe and Mauritania is held up as the visiting players refuse to accept the award of a corner to Zimbabwe. Players from both sides engage in some pushing and shoving.

1338:GOAL! Ethiopia 0-1 Malawi
Malawi captain John Maduka drives into the box where he tees up Esau Kanyenda who fires home from ten yards out.

1340: Match between Zimbabwe and Mauritania resumes.

1400: Rwanda and Namibia kick off in Kigale.

1402: Ethiopia are booed as they come out for the second half.

1405:GOAL! Swaziland 0-1 Cape Verde
Cape Verde take a surprise lead as Carlos 'Calo' Morais scores with a sweet header from Fito's corner kick.

1411:GOAL! Ethiopia 0-2 Malawi
Malawi score a deserved second as Esau Kanyenda unlocks the Ethiopian defence once again. His dribble down the right ends with a low shot that finds the net from twelve yards.

1412:GOAL! Zimbabwe 2-0 Mauritania
Kaitano Tembo doubles Zimbabwe's lead after the Mauritania keeper spills a free-kick and Tembo slams home the rebound.

1417:GOAL! Swaziland 1-1 Cape Verde
Siza Dlamini equalises for the home side as he heads home from a corner.

1418:GOAL! Zimbabwe 3-0 Mauritania
Captain Peter Ndlovu scores his side's third as he heads home a left-wing cross from left-back Charles Yohane with the Mauritania defence static.

1430: Chad and Angola kick off in N'Djamena.

1438:GOAL! Ethiopia 1-2 Malawi
Getu Teshone halves the deficit for Ethiopia as his half-volley in the penalty area finds the back of the net.

1442:GOAL! Rwanda 1-0 Namibia
Rwanda take the lead as Jean-Pierre Manamana opens the scoring with a fine curling free-kick from just outside the box.

1445:GOAL! Ethiopia 1-3 Malawi
Any hopes of an Ethiopian comeback are shattered as Malawi's Peter Mgangira scores from the left-hand side of the area.

1450:The full time whistle blows in Addis Ababa and Malawi have won 3-1.

1453:The full time whistle blows in Harare and Zimbabwe have won 3-0.

1457: The mundanity continues in Bujumbura, where Burundi and Gabon are still goalless with ten minutes left to play.

1505:GOAL! Rwanda 2-0 Namibia
Rwanda double their lead as Olivier Kalekezi scrambles home a shot from the edge of the six-yard box.

1511: The full time whistle blows in Bujumbura where Burundi and Gabon have fought out an unimpressive goalless draw.

1513:GOAL! Rwanda 3-0 Namibia
Rwanda put the game, and potentially the tie, out of reach as Jean Lomami, put through by the midfield, beats a defender and slips the ball past the keeper into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.

1535:GOAL! Chad 0-1 Angola
Angola open the scoring as Paolo Silva fires them in front.

1540:GOAL! Chad 1-1 Angola
Chad find a quick equaliser as Omar Francis Belonga puts them level.

1600: GOAL! Chad 2-1 Angola
Chad take the lead as Belonga grabs his second of the match.

1614:GOAL! Chad 3-1 Angola
Belonga completes a fine hat-trick for Chad as he scores their third goal in the 89th minute.

1631: Guinea and Mozambique kick off in Conakry.

1637: Guinea's Sambegou Bangoura shoots wide when well-placed.

1646: Guinea waste a glorious opportunity to take the lead as Fode Mansare misses a penalty.

1724: Gambia's Edou Siallah misses from the penalty spot at the second attempt. He scores with his initial spot kick but the referee orders a retake that Siallah puts wide.

1810: GOAL! Guinea 1-0 Mozambique.
Guinea take the lead with a headed goal from Sambegou Bangoura.

1828: GOAL! Gambia 1-0 Liberia
Abou Njie deflects in a shot from Siallah to give Gambia the lead.

1835: The full time whistle goes in Conakry and Guinea have beaten Mozambique 1-0.

1836: GOAL! Gambia 2-0 Liberia
Edrissa Sonko heads home Siallah's free kick to put Liberia under real pressure.

1847: The full time whistle goes in Banjul and Gambia have beaten Liberia 2-0.