News stories by Zenaida Machado

Mozambique’s incumbent President Armando Guebuza has won the Mozambican 2009 elections in a landslide obtaining three quarters of the votes, according to official results.

Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.

Mozambicans voted today in elections reported to have had a massive youth turnout. The polls opened at 7 am with some people lining up in long queues even hours before the voting process started.

Less than 100km from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads.