Elsewhere on Thursday, Liberia kept alive their hopes of a second-place finish in Group H with a 3-1 home win over Namibia.
The Lone Stars never looked back after Ayouba Kosiah’s penalty and Mamadu Bah’s effort gave the hosts control within the opening nine minutes in Paynesville.
Edward Ledlum curled in a brilliant third late on before Namibia pulled one back through Dawid Ndeunyema with three minutes remaining.
Namibia remain second in the group for now on 15 points, with the Liberians just one point behind them.
The final round of Group H fixtures see Namibia travel to already-qualified Tunisia on Monday, while their West African rivals visit Equatorial Guinea.
However, the picture is clouded somewhat after Malawi’s game against the Equatoguineans in Lilongwe was called off because of “unforeseen travel complications” affecting the visiting side.
Like Liberia, both those nations could still overhaul Namibia to claim second place, and the Confederation of African Football is yet to make an announcement on whether the game will be rescheduled.
Equatorial Guinea’s football federation later announced on social media that it has suspended coach Juan Micha after he and members of the squad’s senior leadership refused to travel to Malawi.
It added his assistant Casto Nopo Abelso will oversee Monday’s game against Liberia in Malabo.
The penultimate round of Africa’s group campaign draws to a close on Friday, with Senegal and Ivory Coast able to book their tickets to the final if results go their way.
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