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07/11/2025 - 15:23

Josh Edelson wins the 2025 Varenne/Canon Grand Prize

American photographer Josh Edelson has won the 2025 Varenne/Canon Grand Prize for Photojournalism for his series “Deadly Wildfires in California”, produced as part of his collaboration with AFP. The award recognises his unique eye, capable of restoring both the force and the tragedy of a disaster we thought we already knew by heart.

21/10/2025 - 12:50

AFP statement on brief detention of journalist in Nigeria

On October 20, 2025, police in Nigeria briefly detained AFP video journalist John Okunyomih outside the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in the capital Abuja.

23/06/2025 - 15:12

Rio becomes the global capital of fact-checking - AFP steps up

From June 25 to 27, AFP will play an active role at Global Fact 12, the world’s largest summit dedicated to fact-checking, taking place this year in Rio de Janeiro and organized by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).

28/05/2025 - 15:09

An AFP Videographic Nominated for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

An AFP videographic, designed by Julie Pereira in collaboration with Emmanuelle Michel (script) and Jon Walter (voiceover), has been nominated in the Outstanding Graphic Design category at the 46th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The video features the International Criminal Court (ICC).

13/05/2025 - 09:47

Breach-Valdez Journalism Prize in Mexico: A Look Back at the Migrant Plight

Two investigations into the plight of migrants won the support of the jury members—including AFP—for this award, which honours the memory of two Mexican journalists murdered in 2017.

23/04/2025 - 13:51

AFP held fact-checking trainings before the 2025 International Fact-Checking Day

Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.

23/04/2025 - 11:17

BACKSTORY | 'War has taken everything': AFP reporter returns home to Khartoum

It had been nearly two years since AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of machine guns.

14/04/2025 - 14:07

AFP and Jiji Press mark 75th anniversary of partnership

Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Jiji Press have marked the 75th anniversary of their partnership in Japan, signing a new agreement giving the Japanese news agency exclusive rights to sell certain AFP content in Japan for the next three years.