AFP photographer wins Simon Bolivar Prize

Colombia’s Simon Bolivar Prize has been awarded to AFP photographer Luis Robayo, the second consecutive year a journalist from the agency has won the country’s top photo prize.

Colombia’s Simon Bolivar Prize has been awarded to AFP photographer Luis Robayo, the second consecutive year a journalist from the agency has won the country’s top photo prize.

ASIA through the eyes of AFP. 9th Angkor Photo Festival - Siem Reap

AFP is honoured to take part in the Angkor Photo Festival with a selection of our best 100 Asian photos from the past year covering news and features to sport and fashion selected by our Asia-Pacific regional team. AFP Asia-Pacific has a team of 60 photographers working out of 27 bureaus across the region. AFP has a network of more than 400 photographers, who have regularly won top international prizes.

AFP is honoured to take part in the Angkor Photo Festival with a selection of our best 100 Asian photos from the past year covering news and features to sport and fashion selected by our Asia-Pacific regional team. AFP Asia-Pacific has a team of 60 photographers working out of 27 bureaus across the region. AFP has a network of more than 400 photographers, who have regularly won top international prizes.

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.

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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Europe's GetVocal raises $26m to scale trustworthy conversational agents for enterprises

GetVocal, Europe’s leading provider of conversational AI agents for enterprise customer support, today announced the closing of a $26 million Series A investment round led by Creandum with participation from Elaia and Speedinvest, bringing GetVocal’s total fundraising to $30 million. GetVocal will use the funding to fuel product innovation, market expansion, and hiring across Europe as the company accelerates its mission to help enterprises build hybrid human-AI workforces. Founded in 2023 by...

AFP extends its fact-checking operation to a fifth Latin American country

AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operation in Spanish through a new contract with Facebook covering Uruguay.

AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operation in Spanish through a new contract with Facebook covering Uruguay.

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.

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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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.

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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AFP wins second Rory Peck Award for video stringers in the News category

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