MALEMIA VILLAGE, Malawi (AP) — Africa’s second female president Joyce Banda is facing stiff challenges from a field of 12 candidates in Malawi’s elections Tuesday.

Malawi’s fifth elections since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1994 started at 6 a.m. local time at most polling centers, but some delayed opening by as much as three hours because of rain and late deliveries of polling materials.

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