Polling stations close in Malawi

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.

A new study into rising sea levels compiled by the National Academy of Sciences in the US, suggests that sea levels would rise by up to 2 meters by 2100 as a result of global warming and the melting of ice sheets at Earth's poles. Double what had been previously thought. Dr Abiy Kebede is Lecturer in Flood and Coastal Engineering from the University of Brunel in London explains how coastal regions in Africa are at risk from the expansion of waters into the mainland.

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: A voter queuing up outside a polling station in Lilongwe. Credit: BBC)