Cape Verde's Macedo Elves saw his team leap 30 spots

Namibia are the biggest climbers in Fifa's latest world rankings released on Wednesday.

The Southern Africans climbed a staggering 35 places, moving from 139th to 104th following their Nations Cup qualifying victory over Ethiopia.

Burkina Faso also moved up a number of places, from 97th to 64th, while Cape Verde went up 30 spots, moving up to 83rd in the rankings.

Mali went up 19 places to move to 41st, the first time the Eagles have been in the top 50 for some time.

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

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

1. Nigeria (11)
2. Cameroon (12)
3. Ivory Coast (18)
4. Ghana (24)
5. Egypt (25)
6. Tunisia (28)
7. Guinea (31)
8. Senegal (39)
9. Morocco (40)
10. Mali (41)
11. Angola (52)
12. Togo (54)
13. Zambia (60)
14. Burkina Faso (64)
15. South Africa (65)
16. DR Congo (66)
17. Algeria (73)
18. Zimbabwe (82)
19. Cape Verde (83)
20. Congo (92)
21. Libya (93)
22. Malawi (94)
23. Gabon (96)
24. Ethiopia (97)
25. Equatorial Guinea (102)
26. Uganda (103)
27. Namibia (104)
28. Botswana (105)
29. Benin (109)
30. Liberia (112)
31. Rwanda (114)
32. Tanzania (121)
33. Sudan (122)
34. Mauritania (127)
35. Kenya (129)
35. Seychelles (129)
37. Mozambique (132)
38. Burundi (133)
39. Gambia (137)
40. Eritrea (138)
41. Mauritius (139)
42. Chad (142)
43. Sierra Leone (147)
44. Niger (149)
45. Swaziland (152)
46. Lesotho (158)
47. Madagascar (174)
48. Central African Republic (179)
49. Guinea-Bissau (181)
49. Somalia (181)
51. Djibouti (198)
51. S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe (198)