Tributes to Michèle Léridon
Michèle Léridon, former global news director and an iconic AFP journalist, died on Monday at the age of 62. Please send your tributes here if you knew or worked with her.
Gyeongju (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 07:56:51 | China's Xi begins talks with South Korean leader Lee
Gyeongju (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 07:14:13 | Canadian PM Carney says talks with Xi marked 'turning point' in relations
Gyeongju (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 07:08:10 | Canadian PM Carney says apologised to Trump over anti-tariff ad
Dar es Salaam (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 06:28:59 | Tanzania President Hassan wins election with 97.66% of vote: commission
Dar es Salaam (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 04:57:57 | Tanzania preliminary results show landslide win for President Hassan: state TV
Beijing (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 03:15:32 | China to exempt some Nexperia orders from export ban: ministry
Port of Spain (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 01:50:42 | Trinidad and Tobago military on alert amid US-Venezuela tensions
West Palm Beach (AFP) | 01/11/2025 - 00:03:19 | Trump says ready to maintain US food aid funding despite shutdown
Berlin (AFP) | 31/10/2025 - 23:25:30 | Flights temporarily suspended at Berlin airport over drone scare
West Palm Beach (AFP) | 31/10/2025 - 23:16:44 | W.House restricts reporters' access to part of press office
Michèle Léridon, former global news director and an iconic AFP journalist, died on Monday at the age of 62. Please send your tributes here if you knew or worked with her.
AFP’s coverage of the Covid pandemic, the trafficking of Rohingya refugees and pro-democracy protests in Thailand was recognised with five awards at the 25th edition of the annual Human Rights Press Awards, jointly organized by Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Bülent Kiliç and Yasuyoshi Chiba awarded by Pictures of the Year.
French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its Global News Director, Ms Michèle Léridon, have been awarded the European Alliance of News Agencies´ (EANA) 2015 Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality.
AFP photographer Yuri Cortez has won the second place in the "Single News" category for his picture of an overcrowded cell at the Quezaltepeque prison, El Salvador.
Two students have won the first ever AFP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) scholarship for French-language journalism students.
Agence France-Presse and LaPresse conclude a multi-year partnership agreement, effective as of 1 January 2018.
For its 3rd edition, the AFP Africa Scholarship has been awarded to two students from the CESTI Dakar and ISTC Polytechnique Abidjan journalism institutes.
Agence France-Presse has renewed its partnership with La Gacilly Photo Festival. For this 18th edition, entitled PLEIN NORD, taking place from July 1 to October 31, two AFP photographers, Olivier Morin and Jonathan Näckstrand, will exhibit their Nordic collections on environmental themes.