Frederic Kanoute's penalty early in the second-half earned Mali a 1-0 victory over brave Benin in the African Cup of Nations Group B game on Monday.


The victory put Mali level with Ivory Coast on three points after the Elephants edged past Nigeria 1-0 earlier in the day.


Sevilla playmaker Seydou Keita was the architect of Mali's attacking attempts during the first-half.

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Title holders Egypt have been drawn in a relatively easy group of the 2008 African Cup of Nations, sitting in Group C along with Cameroon, Sudan and Zambia.
Hosts Ghana fared better than holders Egypt Ghana are in Group A with poor travellers Morocco, unpredictable Guinea and minnows Namibia and a team powered by midfielders Michael Essien and Stephen Appiah look set for a top-two finish and a quarter-finals slot.

Every major football tournament delivers one fearsome group and in Ghana it will be Group B where giants Nigeria and Ivory Coast will not relish tackling fellow west Africans Mali and Benin.

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