Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerians were to vote on Saturday, but the election was postponed by a week. The leading presidential contenders are two men are in their 70s in a nation where the median age is 18.

In Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, the median age is 18. Many youth say their aging leaders are out of touch, yet the leading candidates in Saturday's presidential election are in their 70s.

More than 70 candidates are running in Nigeria's presidential election Saturday, but two candidates are in the lead. Big issues include corruption, the economy and threats from extremists.

The African Union is calling on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to hold off declaring final results of the disputed presidential election. African leaders have "serious doubts" about the results.

Congo's electoral chief announced the provisional results naming opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi as the new president. The Catholic Church immediately challenged the results based on observations.

Felix Tshisekedi was declared winner of the long-delayed presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — amid suggestions of vote-rigging.

The Democratic Republic of Congo finally voted Sunday in a long-delayed election meant to usher in a peaceful transfer of power after Joseph Kabila's long rule.

Never before has Congo had a democratic transfer of power, but Congolese finally voted Sunday in a long-delayed presidential election. Voters were choosing a successor to President Joseph Kabila.

President Joseph Kabila long resisted giving up power, but the Democratic Republic of Congo voted Sunday in a presidential election meant to usher in the country's first democratic transfer of power.

Congolese finally vote today in a long-delayed presidential election, the first democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by violence. Voting was postponed again in Ebola-hit areas.

The Christmas spirit is lacking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country waits to see if the long-delayed presidential election, now rescheduled for Dec. 30, will really happen.

The much-delayed presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed further. The government said this is because election materials haven't been distributed, violence is increasing and Ebola is a concern in the nation's east.

Voters in Democratic Republic of the Congo are heading to the polls in less than a week to elect a new president for the first time since 2001. There are concerns about the integrity of the election.

Millions of Congolese head to the polls in a controversial presidential election Dec. 23. Officials say the vote will go ahead even after a fire destroyed thousands of voting machines and ballots.

Joseph Kabila is barred from seeking a third consecutive term as president of Congo, where elections are scheduled later this month. But he doesn't rule out running again in the future.

Joseph Kabila is barred from seeking a third term as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but says he plans to stay in politics.

Scores of children have been released after unidentified gunmen kidnapped them early Monday in Cameroon. Their seizure came amid tensions between Anglophone regions and the French-speaking government.

Tensions are rising between Cameroon's English-speaking regions and the dominant French-speaking government. In the latest developments, nearly 80 children were abducted from a school in Cameroon

The office of President John Pombe Magufuli released a statement saying he is shocked and saddened by the accident, and that he is praying for those who were on the ferry.

A ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized on Lake Victoria in Tanzania and at least 100 people are feared dead.