The Fulani: An AFP Special Investigation
An AFP special report by Celia Lebur, Florian Plaucheur & Luis Tato available June 26 on AFP Forum : event number EFF58
Tehran (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 14:15:10 | Iran judiciary suspends presidential body after it ordered internet restored
Yerevan (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 14:01:06 | Rubio opens talks in Armenia on US cooperation
London (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 13:43:05 | BP ousts chairman over 'serious concerns' about governance
Khartoum (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 13:42:44 | Drone strike on Sudan border town kills at least 14: survivor, official
Brussels (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 13:14:44 | EU summons Russian envoy after 'threat' to foreigners to leave Kyiv: spokeswoman
Moscow (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 12:39:23 | Russia summons Czech envoy over arrest of Orthodox cleric
Brussels (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 12:34:47 | Four killed, including 2 children, in Belgium school bus crash: deputy PM
Dakar (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 12:20:28 | Senegal's ousted PM Sonko elected National Assembly speaker
Barcelona (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 12:07:57 | Mango founder's son says accusation he killed his father 'unfounded'
Brussels (AFP) | 26/05/2026 - 11:58:41 | EU chief 'heartbroken' by deadly Belgian school bus crash
An AFP special report by Celia Lebur, Florian Plaucheur & Luis Tato available June 26 on AFP Forum : event number EFF58
For the second year in a row, AFP will be a partner of Women in Media, a joint initiative by the Women’s Forum and Deloitte aimed at giving women a stronger media voice and promoting the image of women as experts and professionals in both traditional and digital media. As part of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting, to be held in Deauville from 16 to 18 October 2013, Women in Media will offer intensive one-on-one coaching workshops as well as practical seminars conducted in partnership with AFP, Facebook, France Médias Monde, Slate.fr, voxfemina and the TF1 group.
AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog and global news director Michèle Léridon expressed their "horror" and "indignation" over this "attack of unprecedented violence on the French press." They also expressed their "greatest solidarity and support for their colleagues at Charlie Hebdo who have been so cruelly attacked."
The staff of Agence France-Presse are shocked and outraged by the barbaric attack against the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly in Paris. Our thoughts go out to the victims of this despicable crime against freedom of expression, unprecedented in France, as well as to their families and colleagues. We voice our complete solidarity with Charlie Hebdo and hope our fellow journalists at the publication will be able to continue doing their job.
Christine Buhagiar, 53, has been appointed deputy head of video responsible for international development, based in London. A graduate of the CFJ and the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, Christine has a long experience in video. After serving on the French desk and in the political and economic reporting services, she was responsible for the AFP service that supplied video to Bloomberg TV in 2000 and 2001.
AFP photojournalist Bülent Kiliç received first and third prizes in the category Spot News Single at the annual World Press Photo Awards.
Iraqi and Kurdish female refugees will have the chance to tell their stories thanks to a five-day workshop to be run in Erbil, Iraq, from March 1 to 5 by the AFP Foundation and Chime for Change, the campaign which raises funds and awareness to empower women and girls around the world.
Philippe Massonnet appointed Asia-Pacific director Philippe Massonnet, 56, was Agence France-Presse global news director from 2009 to 2014. He began his career in 1981, working as a freelance journalist in China for the press and television from 1985 to 1989.