Ghana have been drawn against Libya, Gabon, Lesotho for the second round of Africa's 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Africa has three rounds of qualification, the first of which is already completed. There are twelve groups of four taking part, and the twelve group winners shall advance to third round along with the eight best-runners up.

From there, the 20 remaining teams will be split into five groups of four for a qualification battle that also serves to determine who will play at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.

The four group winners in Stage 3 advance ot the World Cup, and they're joined by second and third place from each group at the Cup of Nations.

This means that South Africa will actually take part in the WC qualifying campaign despite being hosts of the World Cup, and Angola will do likewise in spite of being in the Cup of Nations.

Angola will compete only for a World Cup place while South Africa will obviously play only towards a spot in the Cup of Nations.

Those groups in full:

Those groups in full:

Group 1

Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Tanzania
Mauritius

Group 2

Guinea
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Kenya

Group 3

Angola
Benin
Uganda
Niger

Group 4

Nigeria
South Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone

Group 5

Ghana
Libya
Gabon
Lesotho

Group 6

Senegal
Algeria
Liberia
Gambia

Group 7

Coite D’Ivoire
Mozambique
Botswana
Madagascar

Group 8

Morocco
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Mauritania

Group 9

Tunisia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Seychelles

Group 10

Mali
Congo
Sudan
Chad

Group 11

Togo
Zambia
Eritrea
Swaziland

Group 12

Egypt
Congo DR
Malawi
Djibouti.

At a glittering draw ceremony, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and South African President Thabo Mbeki both said that preparations for the finals were well advanced.

"It's the kick-off, it's the window to South Africa," said Blatter at the start of the draw which was attended by around 3,000 delegates as well as being watched massive global television audience.

"Now there's no doubt that the 2010 World Cup will be here, will be a big success," he added.