Botswana's election decides if a party that's been in power for 58 years gets another term

Polls have opened in an election in Botswana and the country is set to decide if one of Africa’s longest-ruling parties stays in power for another five-year term. The Botswana Democratic Party has been in power in the southern African nation for 58 years since independence from Britain in 1966. Wednesday's one-day election will decide the makeup of Parliament and lawmakers will later elect the president. President Mokgweetsi Masisi, a 63-year-old former high school teacher and United Nations employee, is seeking a second and final term. Botswana has been held up as one of Africa’s success stories as a stable democracy but it’s facing new economic challenges that have pushed the BDP to concede that policy change is needed.