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03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP launches Urdu service

Agence France-Presse Thursday teamed up with Pakistan's largest private news agency to launch the first international Urdu-language news service. The partnership between AFP and the Online International News Network will provide an average of 50 news, feature, sport and business stories per day from AFP's global output to Urdu clients in India, Pakistan and elsewhere.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP Foundation donates 25 laptops to reporters in poor countries

THE AFP FOUNDATION IS TO GIVE 25 LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO JOURNALISTS FACING PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OR WORKING IN EXILE.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

Hackers promise AFP photos in email scam: Sophos

WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2011 (AFP) - A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

World exclusive: AFP is the first news agency to transmit photo of dead Moamer Kadhafi

Agence France-Presse was the first agency to have a picture of Moamer Kadhafi’s body after he was captured and killed in Sirte on Thursday.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP JOURNALISTS’ GUIDE TO USING SOCIAL NETWORKS

THE ARAB SPRING, THE DSK AFFAIR, THE LONDON RIOTS, THE SOCIALIST PRIMARIES - THESE AND OTHER MAJOR NEWS STORIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE EXTENT TO WHICH MONITORING SOCIAL NETWORKS HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF JOURNALISTS' WORK, INCLUDING NEWS AGENCY REPORTERS PROVIDING BREAKING NEWS.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP JOURNALIST SARA HUSSEIN WINS THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD IN THE YOUNG REPORTER CATEGORY

THE ARAB SPRING WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THE 18TH EDITION OF THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD HELD FROM OCTOBER 3-9,<br>AND AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO TAKES THE SECOND PLACE IN THE PHOTO CATEGORY

03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP CONFIRMS PIONEERING ROLE IN HD

AFP EXTENDS HD VIDEO PRODUCTION - ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN - TO SPANISH

03/03/2026 - 05:49

AFP, French Chamber launch mobile website

Global news agency AFP and Hong Kong’s French Chamber of Commerce have launched a mobile site connecting executives to the chamber’s news, services, and AFP’s economic coverage.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS: AFP LAUNCHES ITS iPAD APPLICATION IN ENGLISH

AFP is launching its iPad application in English at the annual conference of the Online News Association; a new offering, free of charge, providing access to a selection of fast, accurate news from around the world.

03/03/2026 - 05:49

London-based Carl Court was named News Photographer of the Year at the UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards 2011 on Tuesday

The jury praised a series of pictures shot by 35-year-old Carl for AFP. They included a series of pictures of the student riots in London, another shows a demonstrator calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and another is of a policeman caught in the act of moving a cat away from the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with his boot.