The topic starter isnt asking which African country is currently the best, he's asking which one is prepared to do something come 2006.
IMO no African country is prepared for the WC. I've never been any less impressed with the African teams.
Morocco has a relatively easy group and they have even struggled recently against poor opposition.. I can hardly judge them as a team. Same with Tunisia... Cameroon are always a team to respect but are currently having many problems. Egypt have suffered on the hands of Tardelli but seem to be performing well recently. However, only major officials matches will decide that so we can't rate them yet either.. Algeria are already shamefully out.. Libya are doing good by their standards, but not enough for a WC spot (let alone a good WC performance).. South Africa is and has always been a garbage team that will do nothing in the WC despite the free tickets the CAF keep giving them. Ghana have been lost for years now due to internal problems (I hope they come back soon, I liked them)... Mali are not consistent enough.. etc etc.. Ivory Coast is as close as it gets to the Senegal of 2002, the Nigeria of 1998/1994 and the Cameroon of 1990.. They're good, but I still don't see anything way too impressive..