Anne Boussarie named General Manager of MediaConnect, a new AFP subsidiary
Geneva (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 14:01:22 | Three deadly attacks on health centres in Sudan's South Kordofan in past week: WHO
Addis Ababa (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 12:25:38 | Ethiopia demands Eritrea 'immediately withdraw' troops from its territory
Tokyo (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 12:08:54 | Japan's ruling party regains majority in election: media projections
Bangkok (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 11:05:54 | Polls close in Thai general election: AFP
Tehran (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 10:08:00 | Iran doubts whether US taking negotiations seriously: foreign minister
Lisbon (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 09:13:13 | Polls open in second round of Portugal presidential vote
Tehran (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 08:37:31 | US military pressure does not scare Iran: foreign minister
Tehran (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 08:34:06 | Iran warns will not give up enrichment despite US war threat
Buriram (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 07:55:07 | Incumbent Thai PM says hopes voters 'will trust us'
Bangkok (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 04:18:25 | Reformist PM candidate in Thailand pledges to form 'the people's government'
With the launch of fact-checking operations in Bulgaria and Hungary in March 2021, following Romania in November 2020, AFP has consolidated its position as the world’s leading agency in digital investigation.
AFP is launching Sur le fil, a short online podcast, intimate and rigorous, that takes news directly from the source thanks to the Agency’s unparalleled network of journalists deployed in 151 countries.
AFP’s Sales and Marketing department has elected journalist Sarah Stewart Sales and Marketing Director for the Asia-Pacific region.
Agence France-Presse is making changes to its management team, with the appointment of new directors at the helm of the Latin America, Africa, North America regions and the Brand and Communications department, effective between April and July 2021.
Entitled ‘My Afghanistan’, this award is organized by Agence France-Presse in honour of Shah Marai, who was chief photographer at the AFP Kabul bureau when he was killed in a suicide attack on April 30, 2018, aged just 41. Throughout his career, Shah Marai was an example for Afghan photographers, capturing unique pictures of his country with passion and tenderness.
Longstanding global partnership continues to provide newsrooms around the world with unrivalled visual coverage of news, sport and entertainment.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) was the first independent media to reach Tigray since the Ethiopian government launched a major military operation against the dissident authorities in the far northern region of the country.