AFP photographer honoured at the Human Rights Press Awards
AFP Dhaka photographer Munir uz Zaman has been honoured at an Asian media awards ceremony for a "heart-wrenching" series of images of penniless Rohingya refugees striving in vain to flee communal bloodshed in Myanmar.
Three AFP photographers awarded at the World Press Photo 2012
Yasuyoshi Chiba
AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba was awarded first prize in the “People in the News” category of the prestigious World Press Photo 2012 awards for his series of photographs on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. Yasuyoshi Chiba was working in Nairobi in March 2011 when he was called to Japan to cover the catastrophe in his native country.
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AFP wins five National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) awards
Two AFP photographers have been awarded at NPPA Annual Awards for their pictures in the categories "Politics", "Politics Story" and "Breaking News Story".
Jonathan Näckstrand, winner of the Swedish Press Photography Arets Bild 2018/2019
AFP is the International Media Partner of the 12th edition of ‘Arab Startup Competition’
MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab will be holding the final award ceremony and conference for the 12th edition of ‘Arab Startup Competition’ on March 29 in Beirut Lebanon. The competition brings 67 teams from the Arab world to compete in three main tracks, for a grand sum prize of USD 160,000.
Eric Giuily elected AFP president & CEO
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AFP: Michèle Léridon appointed Global News Director
Emmanuel Hoog, President and CEO of AFP, this morning announced the appointment of Michèle Léridon as the Agency's Global News Director