Inside AFP

21/10/2025 - 12:50

AFP statement on brief detention of journalist in Nigeria

On October 20, 2025, police in Nigeria briefly detained AFP video journalist John Okunyomih outside the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in the capital Abuja.

09/10/2025 - 15:00

AFP holds online climate digital investigation workshop with journalists in Brazil ahead of COP30

AFP offered a digital investigation workshop for Brazilian journalists on September 29 and October 6, focusing on ways to counter climate misinformation in the run-up to COP30 — the UN climate change conference to be held in Belém in November.

08/10/2025 - 10:00

AFP Joins the New Phase of the German-language Platform Against Disinformation, GADMO 2.0

Three years after its launch, GADMO (the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory) — the largest German-language fact-checking network bringing together journalists and researchers — is entering a new phase aimed at reaching a wider audience, with the support of the European Commission.

03/10/2025 - 14:07

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.

25/09/2025 - 09:08

BBC, AFP, AP and Reuters launch film calling for Gaza access

The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza.

27/06/2025 - 17:25

AFP wins top fact-checking award at Global Fact 12

AFP took home the prestigious Gold Standard award at Global Fact 12, the world’s largest summit dedicated to fact-checking, for a months-long investigation on a coordinated network spreading disinformation about the South China Sea.

23/06/2025 - 15:44

AFP photographer Dimitar Dilkoff honoured at the Deauville Sport Images Festival

For the inaugural edition of the Deauville Sport Images Festival, launched on 21 June, AFP photographer Dimitar Dilkoff was awarded the Prize for Best Paralympic Photograph.

23/06/2025 - 15:12

Rio becomes the global capital of fact-checking - AFP steps up

From June 25 to 27, AFP will play an active role at Global Fact 12, the world’s largest summit dedicated to fact-checking, taking place this year in Rio de Janeiro and organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).