Brasília (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 20:51:41 | Brazil Congress approves reduced sentence for Bolsonaro
Washington (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 20:49:36 | Trump says removing Scottish whisky tariffs after royal visit
Baghdad (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 20:35:53 | Iraqi PM-designate says Trump invited him to US once govt formed
Washington (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 20:26:34 | Trump congratulates Iraq PM-designate, hails 'new chapter' with US
Washington (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:46:07 | US sanctions DR Congo ex-leader Kabila over rebel ties
Paris (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:43:18 | Lawyers for Myanmar's Suu Kyi welcome house arrest transfer after years of 'hell'
Beirut (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:41:32 | Lebanon says six killed in new Israeli strike on south
Washington (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:35:37 | US Congress votes to end record government shutdown
Tehran (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:35:05 | Iran president calls US naval blockade 'extension of military operations'
Caracas (AFP) | 30/04/2026 - 19:28:03 | First direct US-Venezuela flight in 7 years lands in Caracas: AFP
During a meeting on April 25, 2024, the AFP Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2023 financial year, which confirm that the Agency’s financial recovery is continuing.
Total turnover was stable (+0,1%), at 320.1 million euros.
Operating expenses were 297 million euros, a decrease of 0.4 percent (- 1.2 million euros) compared to 2022 at comparable exchange rates.
As part of its continuous effort to tackle disinformation, Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce the launch of the ‘MediaNumeric Academy’ – a training programme in data journalism and fact-checking created for the future generation of journalists. The initiative aims to foster the development of a European media ecosystem that prioritises audiences and users, emphasising fairness, economic sustainability, and technological progress.
Anne Guérin has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Agence France-Presse (AFP). She will take over the role from January next year, replacing Dalila Zein who held the position since 2018 and significantly contributed to the Agency’s financial recovery during her tenure.
After a three-year hiatus, the “Marai Photo Award” becomes the “Marai Photo Grant” in 2025. The award is organised by Agence France-Presse in honour of Shah Marai, former photo chief at AFP in Kabul. Shah Marai, who was an inspiration for Afghan photographers throughout his career, was killed in the line of duty at the age of 41 in a suicide attack on April 30, 2018 in Kabul.
Palestinian AFP photojournalist Mahmud Hams was awarded the Visa d’Or News prize on Saturday for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza. The prize, one of the most prestigious in the field of photojournalism, is supported by the Visa pour l’Image Association - Perpignan.
Amidst the bombings, with death ever-present and the constant fear of being targeted, Mahmud Hams, who has worked for AFP for over two decades in the Palestinian territories, has relentlessly continued to document the war ignited by Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The consortium is led by Charles University in Prague and the international multidisciplinary team includes AFP and Bellingcat.
CEDMO (Central European Digital Media Observatory) has been operating since 2021 with the help of fact checkers, social science and technology researchers, and investigative journalists to analyze and understand the impact of digital transformation on society.
A Reuters journalist was killed Friday and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations said.
A group of journalists from different media outlets were near Alma al-Shaab close to the border with Israel when they were caught up in cross-border shelling, one of the two wounded AFP correspondents said.
A Lebanese security source had told AFP that initial Israeli shelling followed an infiltration attempt by a Palestinian faction from the Lebanese side of the border.
AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured on assignment last October in Lebanon, will carry the Olympic Flame on Sunday, 21 July, in Vincennes, France, "to pay tribute to those who have fallen" while doing their job as journalists, she explained.
