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Added on the 26/12/2017 09:00:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Vying for a second term, the former star footballer and outgoing president, George Weah, votes in the capital Monrovia. Weah is the favourite against 19 rivals for the presidency but could face a second-round runoff in early November unless a candidate secures an unlikely absolute majority in the first round. IMAGES
Biram Dah Abeid, a human rights activist and one of the incumbent president's main rivals votes in Nouakchott in Mauritania's presidential election. IMAGES
Panamanian presidential frontrunner and conservative lawyer Jose Raul Mulino, of the Realizing Goals (Realizando Metas) political party, casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES
Outgoing President Macky Sall casts his ballot with his wife in the central western town of Fatick as Senegalese people vote for a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. IMAGES
Electoral agents begin counting voters' ballots after polls closed for the first round of highly contested presidential elections in Madagascar. The elections were boycotted by most opposition candidates and appear to have resulted in a very low turnout. Tensions have been high between incumbent President Andry Rajoelina and opposition candidates. IMAGES