GIABA To Hold World Press Conference

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will hold a World Press Conference, bringing journalists and media executives from various media houses within and outside the West African region on 27-28 April, 2012, at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal GIABA, a specialized institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as well as Financial Action Task Force-Styled Regional Body (FRSB) was established by the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in the year 2000 with the mandate to protect the national economies and financial system of member States from abuse and laundering the proceeds of crime, in an email made  available to Mansa Banko

Mansabanko Account's Of The National Assembly Polls

By Ebrima Bah

Following the re-election of President Yahya  A.J.J. Jammeh in   last year’s Presidential race, Gambians on 29 March, 2012 once headed to polls to elect a new badge of National  Assembly Members  for a  five year  parliamentary . 

 The election went smoothly virtually in absolute silence. By silence here is meant the absence of the usual noise and hullabaloo associated with Gambian elections leaving the  greater number of the electorate oblivious to the day’s major activity on that election day. 

The election took place at precisely  510 polling stations in 23 out of 48 constituencies.  They well  managed by 92 assistant returning officers across the country’s seven administrative regions on that Thursday 29 March.

Another 792 polling centres  did not take part in the electoral process.  thanks to  the boycott staged by six of seven opposition parties. 

Out of the opposition parties that took part in the preceding Presidential polls, the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) became a “blackleg” this boycott of  the National  Assembly  election of March 29, 2012.