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20/02/2016 - 13:33

AFP to open a bureau in North Korea

Under an agreement signed in Paris on Tuesday January 19 with KCNA (the Korean Central News Agency), Agence France-Presse will open a permanent bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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20/02/2016 - 13:26

AFP Live reports now available on Scribblelive

Under a new partnership agreement with Scribblelive, AFP’s Live Reports will now be available on this real-time content platform.
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25/01/2016 - 16:03

AFP offering coverage on all fronts in the American presidential election

Agence France-Presse is putting in a place an exceptional coverage plan for the US presidential election - blogs, social network posts, live reports and multimedia packages will provide both breaking news coverage and behind-the-scenes reports.
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07/12/2015 - 13:02

The COP21 live on afp.com

AFP’s coverage of COP21 features the infographic ‘Target +2°C What’s left to Negotiate’ on the site AFP.com. It presents in a visual and simplified way the emission reductions that have already been achieved and what is left to be done to reach the targets of COP21.
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16/11/2015 - 12:08

AFP signs new agreement with SINA Sports

AFP and SINA Sports have signed a content agreement allowing the leading Beijing-based news portal to feature AFP’s extensive coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro Soccer Championship.
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16/11/2015 - 11:38

The AFP Foundation today announced the launch of the first independent, non-partisan fact-checking website in francophone West Africa

The website www.fr.africacheck.org was devised and developed by the AFP Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and in a partnership with the EJICOM journalism school in Dakar, Senegal, where its editorial team is based.
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28/10/2015 - 19:35

EUROVISION and AFP announce partnership

EUROVISION and AFP, via its subsidiary AFP-Services, announced today they are jointly developing a brand new service, MyWorldReporter. The new offering will help broadcasters around the world to gain a competitive advantage by being able to instantly access a worldwide network of video journalists.
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19/10/2015 - 18:59

Burundi: RFI and AFP file court complaint for torture of their correspondent

Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.
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06/10/2015 - 13:09

Thai reporter wins 2015 AFP Kate Webb Prize

Thai investigative journalist Mutita Chuachang will receive the 2015 Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse (AFP) for her independent reporting on human rights including Thailand’s draconian use of the royal defamation law, the award’s administrators announced Tuesday.
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04/09/2015 - 19:44

AFP photographer Bülent Kiliç wins "Visa d’Or" for news

The “Visa d’Or” for news photography was awarded to Bülent Kiliç at the close of the 27th Visa pour l’Image International Photojournalism Festival for his coverage of Syrian refugees crossing into Turkey in mid-June of this year.
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