Robert Mugabe is expected to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's president on Sunday, after his victory in an election boycotted by the opposition candidate. Government sources say Mr Mugabe won by a huge margin in the vote, which has been widely condemned as a sham. Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the election amid claims of violence and intimidation by government supporters. The count continues, but a reporter in Zimbabwe says in some areas spoiled ballots outnumber those for Mr Mugabe. Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe says that in some cases, voters expressed their anger against the violence by calling Mr Mugabe a murderer on the ballot papers. He adds that in the opposition stronghold of Matabeleland, there were more spoiled papers than votes for Mr Mugabe. There are no official results from the run-off election but a visitor to Mr Mugabe's official residence told the AFP news agency that tents were being set up for the inauguration ceremony. Egypt conference Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts are continuing to try to find a solution to the crisis. Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Watangula has said sanctions against Zimbabwe are unlikely to work, and that Mr Mugabe and the opposition should instead be encouraged to talk. He was speaking at a meeting of African Union foreign ministers in the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheik, before a full meeting of heads of state on Monday which Mr Mugabe is expected to attend. Mr Wetangula, whose own country recently went through a period of political violence before a power-sharing deal was brokered, told reporters: "History has shown us that they (sanctions) don't work because the leadership just dig in and dig in and feel persecuted. "I think we need to engage Zimbabwe. The route of sanctions may not be the helpful one... the first and most important thing is for the people of Zimbabwe and their leadership to sit down and talk to each other, instead of talking at each other." On Friday, the UN Security Council said it deeply regretted Zimbabwe's decision to go ahead with the presidential poll. It said conditions for a free and fair election did not exist, but - after objections from South Africa - stopped short of saying it was illegitimate. Western pressure The UN Security Council is expected to return to the issue of Zimbabwe in the coming days. However, diplomats say that because of resistance from South Africa, China and Russia, the council is unlikely to impose sanctions. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, a monitoring group, reported that people in most rural areas had been forced to vote in Friday's poll. A Zimbabwean journalist said militias loyal to Mr Mugabe had gone door-to-door in townships outside the capital, Harare, to coerce people. Despite the pressure, Marwick Khumalo, who heads of the Pan-African parliamentary observer mission, told the BBC that overall turnout had been low and the mood sombre. Mr Mugabe came second to Mr Tsvangirai in the first round of the presidential vote in March. Since then, the MDC says some 86 of its supporters have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by militias loyal to Zanu-PF. The government blames the MDC for the violence. Source: BBC