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
Jos (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 10:15:51 | Gunmen kidnap at least 52 people in northwest Nigeria: residents
Jerusalem (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 09:40:07 | Israel conveys 'concerns' to US on Gaza plan
Tehran (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 09:34:42 | Iran foreign ministry says currently no negotiations with United States
Paris (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 09:13:27 | TotalEnergies says to buy Shell's wind, solar business in Europe
Yangon (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 06:12:46 | Detained Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official in Myanmar: president office
Havana (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 05:37:14 | Cuba state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout
Dubai (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 00:55:03 | Tanker off Oman reports explosion near vessel: monitor
Washington (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 00:08:44 | Trump says US support for Japanese yen a 'signal of friendship'
Washington (AFP) | 03/08/2026 - 00:08:21 | Trump says new talks with Iran to begin Monday after calling off strikes
Rabat (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 22:15:50 | Official Moroccan toll says 11 died trying to reach Ceuta
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.