Two Gambian Journalists off to Ghana

Njie and Faye in Ghana

Mamadou Edrisa Njie, Editorial Assiatant and Newsroom Coordinator and Ms Amie Faye Senior Staff Reporter at The Gambia News and Report weekly magazine, Sunday left Banjul International Airport to attend a weeklong training workshop on Identification and Inventory of Origin Linked Quality Products Capacity strengthening programme for Central and West African countries in Akossombo, Ghana, scheduled to take place from 12 to 17 May 2014.

The training was the third in a series, as the first two trainings were organised for the French-speaking countries in 2013 in Benin and Burkina Faso.

The third training attracted participants from The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

The workshop targeted farmer organisations, policy makers, local authorities, rural leaders, NGOs and other sectors of society.