Sebastien Haller and Nicolas Pepe scored for the Elephants, while Musa Kamara and Alhaji Kamara were on target for the Leone Stars, who fought to the end and secured the vital point.
The Elephants were awarded a ninth-minute penalty when Zaha was brought down by Umaru Bangu. However, Franck Kessie failed to beat Mohamed Kamara as the Sierra Leonean goalkeeper dived to his left to stop the spot-kick.
Finally, The Ivorians finally took the lead in the 25th minute when Haller rather easily found the back of the net as Sierra Leone defenders accorded him some space to unleash a shot. The Ajax striker collected Zaha's pinpoint pass before he fired the ball past goalkeeper Kamara, who headed in the opposite direction in the process.
Ivory Coast managed to regain the lead when Pepe beat Kamara with a low, curved drive in the 66th minute.
Christian Kouame - who had just come on for Haller in the 72nd minute - failed to extend the lead further for his side as he could not connect to Aurier's delivery from the right-hand side as Leone Stars backpedalled under pressure in the 81st minute.
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