Marvellous Gambia election: Voters use marbles to choose president

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The Gambia’s surprising election result is not the only story people are talking about. The use of marbles in the voting is also getting its fair share of attention on social media

Ghanaian entrepreneur Bright Simons has compared the cost per voter in The Gambia to other countries that use other methods of voting – he says Ghana, which has its election on 7 December, will be spending 190 times more than The Gambia did.

But is it really necessary?

— BBC AFRICA nEWS

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