West Africa: Gambia holds local elections

Over 350,000 Gambians have returned to the polls to elect their local government representatives - exactly a year after the country held national assembly polls. This time voters will elect mayors, municipal chairpersons and councillors. Already, 55 of the 114 wards have been declared unopposed. A total of 266 observers have been accredited to monitor the polls, the electoral commission Chairman, Mustapha Carayol, said.