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December 18

52 countries

Country Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Algeria

17 17 18 18 18 18 20 19 17 17 19 19

Angola

13 14 14 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11

Benin

29 29 29 29 29 29 28 27 26 29 28 29

Botswana

23 24 24 24 24 24 27 26 27 28 26 26

Burkina Faso

19 19 19 19 19 19 17 16 23 14 14 13

Burundi

36 36 36 36 36 36 42 43 45 38 34 32

Cameroon

1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Cape Verde Islands

30 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 31 19 18 18

Central African Republic

48 48 48 48 48 48 47 47 48 48 47 47

Chad

38 38 38 38 38 39 33 33 36 42 42 42

Congo

27 27 27 27 27 27 29 28 25 20 20 20

Côte d'Ivoire

7 7 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3

Djibouti

52 52 52 52 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 51

DR Congo

15 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 16 15 15

Egypt

5 5 3 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 4 5

Equatorial Guinea

44 44 44 41 39 38 21 21 21 25 27 27

Eritrea

43 43 43 44 44 44 48 48 39 40 40 41

Ethiopia

28 28 28 28 28 28 24 23 19 24 24 21

Gabon

25 25 25 25 25 25 22 22 18 23 22 22

Gambia

41 41 41 42 42 42 43 44 32 39 39 39

Ghana

9 9 8 8 8 8 5 6 4 4 6 6

Guinea

16 15 11 11 10 9 4 4 5 7 5 4

Guinea-Bissau

50 50 50 50 50 50 49 49 49 49 50 49

Kenya

20 20 20 21 21 21 31 31 35 35 37 35

Lesotho

35 35 35 35 35 33 34 34 42 46 46 46

Liberia

33 33 33 33 33 34 36 36 41 30 29 30

Libya

17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 20 21 22 23

Madagascar

37 37 37 37 37 37 41 41 47 47 49 48

Malawi

26 26 26 26 26 26 19 20 22 22 21 25

Mali

14 13 15 15 15 15 13 13 13 10 8 8

Mauritania

47 47 47 47 47 47 44 45 33 34 38 38

Mauritius

34 34 34 34 34 35 35 39 34 41 41 40

Morocco

6 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9

Mozambique

31 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 38 37 34 36

Namibia

39 39 39 39 40 40 45 38 40 27 30 31

Niger

46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 44 44 43

Nigeria

2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Rwanda

20 20 20 20 20 20 26 28 29 31 31 34

São Tomé e Príncipe

51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51

Senegal

4 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 10 10

Seychelles

45 45 45 45 45 45 37 37 43 35 36 37

Sierra Leone

40 40 40 40 41 41 40 41 37 43 45 44

Somalia

49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 48 50

South Africa

8 8 9 9 9 10 16 17 16 15 16 16

Sudan

22 22 22 22 22 22 30 30 30 33 33 33

Swaziland

32 32 32 32 32 32 39 40 44 45 43 44

Tanzania

42 42 42 43 43 43 38 35 28 32 32 28

Togo

11 11 13 13 14 14 10 10 10 12 13 12

Tunisia

3 3 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7

Uganda

23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 26 25 24

Zambia

12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 14

Zimbabwe

10 10 10 10 11 11 14 15 15 18 17 17
Mover of the Year: Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea climbed 17 places to 27th with just one loss in 7 matches this year including winning the Cemac Cup.
  
Loser of the Year: Kenya
Kenya dropped 15 spots to 35th with a dismal record of 7 losses and 2 draws since Mar 2005.
  
Other notables:
Tanzania compiled a tidy record of .6 wins 4 draws and 1 loss this year seeing them climb 14 places to 28th for their highest ranking in over 6 years.
Guinea jumped 12 places to 4th for their highest ever ranking having recorded 7 wins 4 draws and just 2 losses since Sep 2005.
Cape Verde Islands beat 4th-ranked Guinea in their African Cup of Nations Qualifier Group and jumped 12 places to 18th for their highest ever ranking.
Rwanda won just 2 of 10 matches this year dropping 14 places to 34th for their lowest ranking in 5 years.
Swaziland won only 2 of 11 matches this year dropping 12 places to 44th.