Zambia’s voters go to polls in election billed as test of democracy

Voters wait in a queue at a polling station during the elections in Lusaka, Zambia (Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP)

Zambians are voting in a tense election that the president and his main rival have said is a test of the southern African country’s reputation as a stable democracy.

Polling began at more than 12,000 polling stations, including in prisons.