By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – Local observer group in April 2011 polls in Nigeria, Project 2011 Swift Count has reported a higher number of incidents than the ones recorded during the Presidential election in Imo state in the South East and Delta state in the South-South of the country. Briefing journalists in Abuja, the co-chair of the group, Comrade Moshood Erubami observed that the group cannot ascertain the authenticity of the result of the governorship election in delta state. Comrade Erubami explained that some members of the group were intimidated and harassed in Delta State during the election and that... Continue Reading
By Gambia Correspondent – Over 10,000 voters in the Wuli East district of the Upper River Region will today go to the polls to vote in the much-awaited bye-election in their district, seen as a key pointer to the strengths and weaknesses of the ruling APRC and the opposition ahead of the Presidential Election later this year. While the ruling party fielded one Saidou Sabally, a native of Passamas Fula Kunda in Wuli East district, the opposition NADD’s candidate is Suwaibou Touray, the same candidate who lost to the ruling party’s candidate in the last legislative elections. Reports from the... Continue Reading
By Femi Peters – The Independent Electoral Commission commenced a Two days training exercise for its staff and Senior Registration Officers at the IEC building in preparation for the general registration of Voters taking off on Thursday the 5th May to Friday 17th June, 2011 in lieu of the upcoming Elections scheduled for September 2011. Addressing the trainees, the Vice Chairman, Mr. Malleh J. Sallah stated his involvement in the electoral process of the Gambia started right back from 1996, when he was once a trainee and such training processes had started a long time ago and such an opportunity... Continue Reading
By Gambia Correspondent – One-time ruling APRC party critic and now Governor of the Lower River Region, Lamin Waa Juwara, has given his views on the forthcoming elections, stating that the current breed of opposition politicians in the country has “lost credibility.” “I think the basic objective is to have a free, fair and transparent election, and that will give the process credibility. I have confidence in the ability of the IEC to deliver, and I also hope that the main players in the political arena are all aspiring to have a free and fair election,” Juwara said in... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete yesterday (Tuesday) led Tanzanians to mark the 47th anniversary of the Union between the Tanganyika and Zanzibar which formed the United Republic of Tanzania. President Kikwete officiated the celebrations at Amani stadium in Zanzibar arriving in an open military motorcade. The Late Tanzanian Former President Julius Nyerere Abeid Karume founding President of Zanzibar. The event was also attended by the President of Zanzibar Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, Union Vice-President, Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal, present and former Union and Zanzibar government leaders and members of the diplomatic corps. However in... Continue Reading
