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African Elections Project (AEP)

Our African Elections Project(AEP) is growing and we are happy to add http://www.africanelections.org/mauritania/ to our vision of creating an online space for elections information and knowledge in Africa enjoy your visit to the great African Elections online resource

quote of today

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.       Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)

‘Sakawa’ deals and money transfer

Internet fraudsters operating in the 'sakawa' underworld are said to have deeply penetrated some money transfer outlets with enticing offers to enable them to retrieve large sums of money sent to them by their victims abroad. A case in point is a lady attendant at one of the transfer outlets in Accra alleged to have been compromised by 'sakawa' boys with huge sums of money in 'kickbacks' in lieu of the presentation of correct documents for the collection of their remittances. The attendant (name withheld) allegedly collects 10 per cent of the amounts involved from 'sakawa' boys who present code numbers and their personal identity cards to collect money in the name of females and 20 per cent from those who do not present identity cards. The system of money transfer requires the recipient to produce a code number from' the sender and recipient's national identification, such as passport, driving licence or voter ID card, in order to redeem the m