New York rights group petitions Gambia’s electoral chief

On behalf of the United States based Gambian Movement for Democracy and Development (GMDD); I hereby write to express our desire to participate in the general voter registration exercise and to vote in the forth coming Presidential election scheduled for November 24^th 2011.

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Analysis:Gambia 2011

Prof. Saine accuses Gambia’s Electoral Commission of incompetence & deception

 —How much longer will Diaspora Gambians remain disenfranchised?

By Professor Abdoulaye Saine, Miami University, Oxford, Oh

Oxford, Oh—As Gambians at home register for the 2011 presidential election; Gambians abroad remain disenfranchised, despite fifteen years of empty promises and artificial obstacles by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The official quotes below say it all:

Mr. Incompetence

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