Ghana’s Black Stars has retained its FIFA ranking as the second best team in Africa. According to the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday morning, Ghana retained its ranking as the 24th best team in the world, with Cote d’Ivoire maintaining its standing as the top ranked African team, despite falling down three places to 18th in the world. Mali is ranked the third best team in Africa, with Algeria and African champions Nigeria ranked fourth and fifth respectively. Below is the table for the top ten ranked African teams (World rankings in brackets) Cote d’Ivoire (18) Ghana (24) Mali (32) Algeria (34) Nigeria (35) Cape Verde (36) Burkina Faso (48) Cameroon (51) Tunisia (53) Zambia (60)