Liberia votes to choose Ellen Johnson Sirleaf successor

Liberians are going to the polls to choose a successor to Africa's first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are the main contenders in the race to succeed her.
Liberia, founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years.
Ms Sirleaf urged people to vote peacefully in a nation still recovering from a 14-year civil war.
"Your vote is about you and your family - not party, ethnicity," she said in an address to to the nation.
A total of 20 presidential candidates are running to succeed Ms Sirleaf.
They include Alex Cummings, a former Coca-Cola executive, and MacDella Cooper, a former model and ex-girlfriend of Mr Weah.
Ms Sirleaf, 78, is stepping down at the end of her two terms. 
The head of the electoral commission, Jerome Kokoya, told the BBC's Newsday programme that polls would close at 18:00 GMT and that he expects early results to be announced by 23:00 GMT.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41558109