AFP wins top prize at Africa Fact Check Awards
AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.
Washington (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 16:39:34 | US 'stands firmly with Panama' in dispute over ships detained by China: Rubio
United Nations (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 16:11:18 | UN chief warns world on 'edge of a wider war'
Frankfurt (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 16:03:41 | Lufthansa submits bid for stake in TAP Air Portugal: spokesman
Rome (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:53:48 | Italy calls for Hormuz 'humanitarian corridor' for fertiliser
Dakar (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:47:47 | UN voices shock at 'brutal killing' of activist in Guinea-Bissau
Tehran (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:45:13 | Fire near Iran's Mashhad airport after projectile hit fuel tank: media
New York (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:42:47 | US stocks open sharply lower on latest oil price jump
New York (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:31:10 | Tesla quarterly auto sales rise 6.3% but miss estimates
Baghdad (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:24:05 | Iraq's oil revenues down more than 70% from February: official
Paris (AFP) | 02/04/2026 - 15:03:13 | Iran arrests prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: daughter
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AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.
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