EUROVISION and AFP, via its subsidiary AFP-Services, announced today they are jointly developing a brand new service, MyWorldReporter. The new offering will help broadcasters around the world to gain a competitive advantage by being able to instantly access a worldwide network of video journalists.

Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.

Thai investigative journalist Mutita Chuachang will receive the 2015 Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse (AFP) for her independent reporting on human rights including Thailand’s draconian use of the royal defamation law, the award’s administrators announced Tuesday.

The “Visa d’Or” for news photography was awarded to Bülent Kiliç at the close of the 27th Visa pour l’Image International Photojournalism Festival for his coverage of Syrian refugees crossing into Turkey in mid-June of this year.

From 29 August to 13 September 2015, the International Festival of Photojournalism showcases the work of Bülent Kiliç in Ukraine, Turkey and Syria and Mohamed Abdiwahab’s photographs of the everyday lives of the Somali people, scarred by terrorist attacks and battles between rival gangs.

Philippe Agret appointed Brussels bureau chief