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14 Jun 2020

AFP is expanding its fact-check service to Myanmar

Dedicated fact-checking journalists will strengthen the AFP bureau’s team in Yangon, the agency will produce reports in English and Burmese to debunk prominent misinformation circulating online in Myanmar.

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2 Jun 2020

AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety killed in Yemen

Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, a Yemeni journalist who regularly contributed to AFP, was gunned down and killed this Tuesday, June 2nd, in Yemen’s southern city of Aden, in an attack condemned by the country’s Government.

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29 May 2020

The second edition of the Shah Marai Award, launched by AFP, is won by Naim Nadir

Photographer Naim Nadir, from Kabul, has won the second edition of the Shah Marai Award for his series of black-and-white portraits of men that reflects the spirit of the Afghan people in all its ethnic diversity.

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29 Apr 2020

AFP’s 2019 operating result shows strong growth as the Agency assesses the early impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

During a meeting of the Board on 29th April 2020, AFP validated its annual accounts for 2019, thus closing the first financial year since the Agency launched its transformation plan and signed a targets & resources agreement with the French government.

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16 Apr 2020

AFP Yasuyoshi Chiba World Press Photo of the Year

AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba has won the top prize at the World Press Photo Awards 2020, which also gave awards to three other photojournalists from the Agency this year.

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Press releases and newsletter

AFP is expanding its fact-check service to Myanmar

AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety killed in Yemen

The second edition of the Shah Marai Award, launched by AFP, is won by Naim Nadir

AFP’s 2019 operating result shows strong growth as the Agency assesses the early impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

AFP Yasuyoshi Chiba World Press Photo of the Year