AFP and its Global News Director, Michèle Léridon receives European News Agency Award

French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its Global News Director, Ms Michèle Léridon, have been awarded the European Alliance of News Agencies´ (EANA) 2015 Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality.

French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its Global News Director, Ms Michèle Léridon, have been awarded the European Alliance of News Agencies´ (EANA) 2015 Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality.

Fifty AFP pictures exhibited at the Western Australian Museum of Perth in tribute to cricket

Fifty pictures shot by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers will go on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth from Friday 27 in a tribute to the popular sport of cricket, the museum authorities have announced.

Fifty pictures shot by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers will go on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth from Friday 27 in a tribute to the popular sport of cricket, the museum authorities have announced.

AFP’s Bülent Kiliҫ receives two prizes at the World Press Photo Awards 2015

AFP photojournalist Bülent Kiliç received first and third prizes in the category Spot News Single at the annual World Press Photo Awards.

AFP photojournalist Bülent Kiliç received first and third prizes in the category Spot News Single at the annual World Press Photo Awards.

Media groups, including AFP, set safety standards for freelancers

Press freedom groups and international news organizations, including AFP, unveiled on Thursday, February 12, 2015, new safety guidelines to protect freelance journalists following a series of high-profile kidnappings and murders in conflict zones.

Press freedom groups and international news organizations, including AFP, unveiled on Thursday, February 12, 2015, new safety guidelines to protect freelance journalists following a series of high-profile kidnappings and murders in conflict zones.

Three AFP photographers awarded by the White House News Photographers Association

Three AFP photographers – Brendan Smialowski, Jewel Samad and Saul Loeb – were awarded at the 2015 ceremony of the WHNPA.

Three AFP photographers – Brendan Smialowski, Jewel Samad and Saul Loeb – were awarded at the 2015 ceremony of the WHNPA.

Julian Rademeyer, the editor of the Foundation’s Africa Check website, and Edem Srem, the winner of the Foundation’s African Fact-Checking Awards interviewed by BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service

BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service interviewed, on thwo separate occasions, Julian Rademeyer, the editor of the Foundation's Africa Check website, and Edem Srem, the winner of the Foundation's African Fact-Checking Awards, for their programme 'More or Less'.

BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service interviewed, on thwo separate occasions, Julian Rademeyer, the editor of the Foundation's Africa Check website, and Edem Srem, the winner of the Foundation's African Fact-Checking Awards, for their programme 'More or Less'.

AFP’s Bulent Kilic chosen as «Photographer of the year 2014» by The Guardian magazine

The Guardian picture desk has chosen Turkish photographer Bulent Kilic, of AFP, as the hotly contested agency photographer of the year. Here’s a look back over 2014 through his lens, showing unrest in Ukraine, the refugee crisis on the Turkish-Syrian border and the harrowing MH17 air crash.

The Guardian picture desk has chosen Turkish photographer Bulent Kilic, of AFP, as the hotly contested agency photographer of the year. Here’s a look back over 2014 through his lens, showing unrest in Ukraine, the refugee crisis on the Turkish-Syrian border and the harrowing MH17 air crash.