Séwé Sport edged Congolese visitors AC Léopards
AS Vita used home advantage to win against CS Sfaxien.
Entente Setif of Algeria made significant headway
Al Ahly (Red Devils) take first-leg advantage.
Al Ahly go into this weekend's Confederation Cup semi-finals on a run of one-win-in-five-games which has left the favourites short of confidence.
Cape Verde have leapt into the top 10 of African teams in Fifa's world rankings for September.
Mensha earned his coaching qualification in Netherlands, alongside former Nigerian international Finidi George. Former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi did the same course.
Arsenal's Champions League Group D campaign got off to a poor start as Borussia Dortmund scored either side of half-time to secure a deserved victory.
The 29-year-old was first appointed as caretaker coach of Leone Stars in April last year during the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, following the resignation of Swede Lars Olof Mattson.
This weekend's fixtures
DAY 14
Match 40
Egypt vs Congo DR 1:1 | 7:8
Congo DR cruised into the quarter-finals after beating Egypt 8:7 in a thrilling penalty shootout.
Congo DR
Egypt