Unpredictable scenarios as Malawi goes to the polls

Voting is underway in Malawi, where people are electing their President, new members of Parliament and local government councillors. In the race for the presidential seat are incumbent Peter Mutharika, his current vice president Saulos Chilima of the UTM Party and Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party. As vote carries on, Focus on Africa's David Amanor speaks to the voters queuing up in their millions outside polling stations across the country.

In Sierra Leone, some women orphaned by the 2014 deadly Ebola outbreak resort to prostitution as a means to earn money. The BBC's Paul Adams travels to Freetown to hear about their challenges and to find out how the international charity Don Bosco is trying to offer support.

Cobalt is a valuable raw material widely found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and important in the construction of telephones and cars. But as industries all over the world increase their demands on the metal, its mining becomes equally unsustainable. That's why Swedish born Congolese Grammy award-winning artist, Mohombi is a key member and spokesman of the Congo World Foundation, hoping to spread awareness of the need to promote clean cobalt.

(Photo: Malawians cueing up outside a polling station. Credit: BBC)