Polls open in tense Mozambique election

Mozambican President Felipe Nyusi casts his ballot at the Jozina Machel school during the Mozambican General Elections on October 15, 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique. PHOTO | GIANLUIGI GUERCIA | AFP

Mozambicans began voting in a general election on Tuesday that some fear could test the country's fragile peace, after a heated campaign marred by violence and allegations of electoral fraud

The Frelimo party, which has ruled the impoverished southern African nation since independence from Portugal in 1975, is widely expected to again beat its arch-rival Renamo, a former rebel group turned main opposition party.