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20/01/2026 - 12:00

Médias en Seine: a look back at the interventions of Fabrice Fries and Phil Chetwynd

At the Médias en Seine festival, Fabrice Fries and Phil Chetwynd took part in two panel discussions. They outlined the Agency's strategy on artificial intelligence, disinformation, and reporting from conflict zones.

27/11/2025 - 10:15

ChatEurope launches live video coverage to bring EU news closer to citizens

ChatEurope, the go-to platform for European affairs created by leading European media outlets, enhances its offer with the launch of key EU events live video coverage.

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.

09/10/2025 - 15:00

AFP holds online climate digital investigation workshop with journalists in Brazil ahead of COP30

AFP offered a digital investigation workshop for Brazilian journalists on September 29 and October 6, focusing on ways to counter climate misinformation in the run-up to COP30 — the UN climate change conference to be held in Belém in November.

08/10/2025 - 10:00

AFP Joins the New Phase of the German-language Platform Against Disinformation, GADMO 2.0

Three years after its launch, GADMO (the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory) — the largest German-language fact-checking network bringing together journalists and researchers — is entering a new phase aimed at reaching a wider audience, with the support of the European Commission.

03/10/2025 - 14:07

AFP wins top prize at Africa Fact Check Awards

AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.

25/09/2025 - 09:08

BBC, AFP, AP and Reuters launch film calling for Gaza access

The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza.