Africa Check: african Fact-Checking Awards 2017
Journalists from Kenya and Benin took the top prizes at this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 18th
Helsinki (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 12:14:32 | Finland backs shutting Spain out of Schengen zone over Ceuta migration crisis
Madrid (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 11:57:38 | Spain boosts police deployment to Ceuta as migrant crisis swells
Tehran (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 11:35:49 | Iran says struck two tankers under US 'air escort' trying to pass Hormuz
Brussels (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 11:10:55 | Eurozone inflation up slightly in July
Paris (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 11:01:27 | France to tighten border with Spain amid Ceuta migrant crisis: minister
Skardu (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 11:01:14 | Police say bodies of 4 climbers recovered near site of avalanche in northern Pakistan
Ceuta (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 10:41:30 | Around 40,000 migrants have crossed in recent days from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta: police
Cueta (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 10:32:01 | Around 40,000 migrants have crossed in recent days from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta: police
Paris (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 10:29:37 | Pro-Kremlin commentator denounces 'censorship' in France
Madrid (AFP) | 31/07/2026 - 09:37:12 | Thousands of migrants crossed Morocco-Ceuta border overnight: police source
Journalists from Kenya and Benin took the top prizes at this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 18th
Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.
New guidelines on coverage of violence against women and increased use of women expert sources are among the topics included in a set of initiatives launched by AFP’s Global News Director Michèle Léridon, aimed at improving the way women are represented in the Agency’s content.
Two AFP photographers – Jim Watson and Brendan Smialowski – were awarded at the 2018 ceremony of the WHNPA.