AFP named best news agency for second consecutive year
AFP's video production triumphs again at the AIB Media Awards 2021.
Jerusalem (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 19:17:11 | Israel military will continue to 'operate proactively' in Gaza: army chief
Tehran (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 17:31:54 | Iran says has agreed new Hormuz route with Oman
Detroit (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 17:22:39 | El-Sayed urges Democrats to 'come together' against Republicans after bruising primary
Brasília (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 17:18:28 | Argentina ties reduced as long as Milei 'attacks' persist: Brazil FM source
Bratislava (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 17:18:09 | Slovakia records new all-time temperature high: weather agency
Washington (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 16:11:23 | Leftist Democratic candidate wins high-profile Michigan primary: US media
Beirut (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 16:06:45 | Lebanon state media says one dead, 11 wounded in Israeli strike on south
Vienna (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 16:04:18 | Austria hits all-time temperature high for 2nd day running: weather service
Kyiv (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 15:49:51 | Ukraine orders evacuations from eastern city of Kramatorsk amid Russian attacks
London (AFP) | 05/08/2026 - 15:44:36 | Woman arrested as four people stabbed in central London: UK media
AFP's video production triumphs again at the AIB Media Awards 2021.
Time Magazine has chosen an image taken by AFP photographer Philippe Lopez of the Philippines typhoon disaster as one of its top ten pictures of 2013.
- Yasuyoshi Chiba - first prize in the "People in the news" category,
- Massoud Hossaini - second prize in the "Spot News" category,
- Pedro Pardo - third prize in the "Contemporary Issues" category
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AFPTV is providing live coverage from Soweto, Pretoria and Qunu of the memorial ceremonies for Nelson Mandela.
At its meeting on 14 April 2021, AFP’s Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2020 financial year, the second year of implementation of the Agency’s transformation plan and of the new “Contract of objectives and means” that governs its relationship with the French State until 2023.
The French Parliament adopts the AFP Statute, guaranteeing its editorial independence, global presence and
financial autonomy. The CEO is now elected by a Board of Directors.
Chairman Emmanuel Hoog presented the strategic orientations of the agency’s development plan for the years 2014-2018 at a meeting of the AFP board on December 10 2013.
AFP and Google France announced on Monday a fact-checking project to combat false information ahead of the French presidential and legislative elections next year.
The AFP Foundation and africacheck.org launch the 'African fact-checking awards' - honouring the journalism that finds the facts and challenges what public figures say