Tunisia opened the scoring as early as the sixth minute through defender Ammar Jemal.

The hosts managed to equalize on 70 minutes thanks to a Dennis Oliech strike, before Issam Jemaa restored the lead for Humberto Coelho's men two minutes later.

The Kartaj Eagles are now top of Group B with three points, awaiting the outcome of Nigeria's game against Mozambique on Sunday.

In Group A, Togo beat four-times African champions Cameroon 1-0 in Lome.

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored the only goal of the game to send his team top of the group on three points.