AFP showcased at La Gacilly Festival 19th edition

Shah Marai & Wakil Kohsar

The festival will exhibit "the most moving pictures" taken by two reporters who witnessed the recent historic events in Afghanistan: Shah Marai, Chief Photo of the Kabul bureau, who was killed during a suicide attack in 2018 in Kabul, and his succcessor

"The survivors forgotten by justice" wins the 2022 Breach-Valdez Prize

May 12, Mexico City - A report about women who survived attempted femicide has won the Breach-Valdez Prize, which honours human rights and freedom of the press.

May 12, Mexico City - A report about women who survived attempted femicide has won the Breach-Valdez Prize, which honours human rights and freedom of the press.

’’A European Perspective’’: using ground-breaking technology to foster greater understanding between citizens in Europe

At a time when the need for mutual understanding in Europe has never been so great, a pioneering digital news service – “A European Perspective” – is stepping up its efforts to offer citizens multilingual coverage of major stories by drawing on content produced by 12 public service newsrooms.

AFP CEO conveys his condolences to Al Jazeera teams after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Fabrice Fries, Chairman and CEO at AFP, has conveyed his condolences to Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board for Al Jazeera media network, after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Fabrice Fries, Chairman and CEO at AFP, has conveyed his condolences to Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board for Al Jazeera media network, after the death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

The 2021 Annual Report is out!

AFP’s 2021 Annual Report is now available in PDF format and in a digital version, in French and in English.

AFP’s 2021 Annual Report is now available in PDF format and in a digital version, in French and in English.

AFP: indicators in the green in 2021

Last year, AFP had a 4% growth in commercial revenues and a positive net result for the third consecutive year.

Last year, AFP had a 4% growth in commercial revenues and a positive net result for the third consecutive year.
Anglais

Crossroads France: an AFP documentary podcast on France’s identity crisis

The sands of society are shifting on an almost daily basis, the ‘traditional’ French way of life appears to be on the way out. Things that used to define France appear to have gone: the welfare state is losing steam, industry and agriculture are both suffering. The far-right claims that the country isn’t French enough and has become too multicultural. Even debating the place of Islam has become a dangerous no-go zone. France, it seems, is going through “a crise d’identité” -- an identity crisis.

Wakil Kohsar in Paris for the “Prix Varenne” 2022

Kohsar was awarded the “Varenne National award for an international topic” for his emblematic picture showing a US soldier pointing his gun toward an Afghan passenger at the Kabul airport in Kabul on August 16, 2021, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the Taliban rule.