Nigeria are Africa's highest ranked team

Nigeria are still Africa's best rated team, according to Fifa's August rankings.

Cameroon's Indomitable Lions remain in second place, but the continent's most improved side is Namibia.

Namibia moved up 30 places to 137th.

African Rankings - August 2006 (world rankings in brackets):

1. Nigeria (11)
2. Cameroon (12)
3. Ivory Coast (18)
4. Guinea (22)
5. Egypt (24)
6. Ghana (25)
7. Tunisia (30)
8. Senegal (35)
9. Morocco (39)
10. Togo (46)
11. Angola (53)
12. Zambia (59)
13. Mali (60)
14. DR Congo (63)
15. Zimbabwe (70)
16. Burkina Faso (71)
17. South Africa (76)
18. Libya (77)
19. Algeria (89)
20. Malawi (91)
21. Equatorial Guinea (92)
22. Gabon (93)
23. Ethiopia (96)
24. Uganda (99)
25. Cape Verde Islands (101)
26. Botswana (102)
27. Benin (105)
28. Congo (109)
29. Rwanda (109)
30. Sudan (113)
31. Kenya (117)
32. Mozambique (127)
33. Chad (130)
34. Lesotho (133)
35. Tanzania (134)
36. Liberia (135)
37. Seychelles (136)
38. Namibia (137)
39. Mauritius (139)
40. Swaziland (152)
41. Madagascar (154)
42. Sierra Leone (154)
43. Burundi(156)
44. Gambia (157)
45. Mauritania (166)
46. Niger (169)
47. Central African Republic (173)
48. Eritrea (177)
49. Guinea-Bissau (179)
49. Somalia (179)
51. Djibouti (197)
51. S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe (197)