Voters are going to the polls in six African countries today in what’s being dubbed the continent’s super Sunday.

African Union Commission President Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s calling for free, and transparent voting processes accepted by electors.

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Denis Sassou Nguesso’s odds on favorite to win a third consecutive term as president of Congo Brazzaville.

In Niger, opposition  leader Hamad Amnadou was let out of prison to seek medical treatment in France.

Incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou is the favorite to win the run-off .

Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi stands out among African peers by stepping down after two terms. Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou and businessman Patrice Talon to contest the succession.

Zanzibaris are voting in elections annulled lat year because of violence.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has called a referendum aimed at reducing presidential terms from seven to five years.

In the archipelago of Cape Verde is having parliamentary elections.

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President Jacob Zuma has begun bilateral meetings that will keep him occupied most of the week. He’s seen President Thomas Boni Yayi of Benin.

The theme of the summit in Sandton is the Year of Women Empowerment and Development Towards Africa’s Agenda 2063.

It will guide discussions of foreign ministers later this week and of the African heads of state next Saturday and Sunday.

But yet again countries of the continent have presented their leaders with burning issues to look at.

These include: the deep divisions and instability in Libya; the civil war in South Sudan; unrest and an abortive coup triggered by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination to seek an unconstitutional third term at the helm; and Madagascar being driven back into confusion by parliamentary efforts to impeach President Heri Rajoanarimampianina

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