Mozambique's Constitutional Council has dismissed allegations by opposition party Renamo of voting rigging in elections which the ruling Frelimo won.

Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Tuesday rejected the election victory of President Armando Guebuza, saying a fresh poll must be held.

Mozambique's ruling party has taken more than two-thirds of the seats in parliament since 1975, writes Henrik Lomholt Rasmussen.

Support for Frelimo, Mozambique's ruling party since independence in 1975, was the issue when about 9,5-million voters went to the polls on Wednesday.

Mozambicans voted in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.

Voting began in Mozambique's elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.

As Mozambique heads to the polls on Wednesday, the ruling party looks set for an easy victory over an opposition battered by a recent split.

After South Africa, Malawi and Botswana the 2009 Southern Africa election express rolls into the region's rising star, Mozambique, this week.

Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party on Sunday re-nominated sitting President Armando Guebuza as its candidate for the 2009 presidential election.

Resolving the thorny question of Robert Mugabe's fate may hold the key to breaking the impasse over Zimbabwe's disputed presidential vote. Mugabe has not himself suggested he would be willing to step aside if he were granted immunity for alleged human rights abuses and allowed to fade into comfortable retirement.