Ida Bah, an executive member of the Sports Journalists’ Association of The Gambia (SJAG) arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako for the AIPS-Africa Congress.
The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) is global body of sports journalists.
During the congress, delegates representing sports journalists’ associations in Africa will deliberate on issues surrounding the AIPS Africa with a view to mapping out the way forward for the continental body.
The Bamako Congress was scheduled to take place in December 2015, but had to be deferred as a result of a terrorist attack on the Hotel identified to host the meeting.
The Bamako congress comes less than two months since the global AIPS Congress was held in Doha, Qatar.
by Alieu Ceesay
