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In Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, preparation at a polling station is ongoing before people are allowed to cast their vote. Nigerians are turning out to vote for a new president after a week-long delay. The two frontrunners are incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, 76, and former vice president Atiku Abubakar, 72.
Voting is delayed amid a large turnout at one polling station in Kano state, as election material has still not arrived. People wait patiently under the hot sun to cast their vote for the next president of Nigeria. Voting which was due to begin at 0730 GMT has been delayed in several polling stations around the country. According to the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria, 5,594,193 people have collected their voter card in Kano state. IMAGES
Electoral officials ready for the opening of a polling station in Abuja on Saturday as Nigerians go to the polls in a closely fought election. Nigerians are voting for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race dominated by three political veterans. IMAGES
Voters go to the polls in Brazzaville, Congo, to vote in the first round of legislative and local elections. IMAGES
Ballot counting begins in a polling station of Addis Ababa as Ethiopia votes in an election billed as the most democratic yet in Africa's second-most populous country, but is taking place as famine blights its war-torn Tigray region. IMAGES
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