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30/08/2011 - 10:00

AFP joins Connect Program

International news agency AFP joins Alcatel-Lucent and 64 member companies to gain new vantage points and develop next generation concepts

16/06/2011 - 10:00

AFP chairman denounces attack on Amman bureau in letter to Prime Minister

AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog wrote to Jordan's Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit on Thursday to denounce an attack on the agency's Amman office and the fierce criticism by the authorities of bureau chief Randa Habib and her staff. The attack on the bureau on Wednesday came a day after a demonstration outside the building to protest the publication of a report of an attack on a convoy carrying King Abdallah II, which was denied by the authorities.

26/05/2011 - 10:00

AFP sends big team to cover G8 in Deauville

AFP has put together a strong team to cover the G8 summit in Deauville

01/04/2011 - 10:00

Four days at the mercy of Kadhafi’s secret state by Dave Clark

AJDABIYA/SIRTE/TRIPOLI (AFP) - The first shots rang out as ominous but faint pops while the Libyan army Land Cruiser was still several hundred metres away but, as it roared down upon us, the gunfire built into an insistent volley of sharp, earsplitting cracks.

31/03/2011 - 10:00

Indian journalist takes AFP prize for Kashmir work

Dilnaz Boga, an Indian reporter and photographer, received the Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse on Wednesday for her courageous investigative work in Indian-administered Kashmir.

23/03/2011 - 10:00

AFP journalists released

Two Agence France-Presse journalists and a Getty Images photographer arrested in Libya on Saturday have been released in Tripoli.

22/03/2011 - 10:00

Journalists detained in Libya: AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog writes to Colonel Kadhafi

In a March 22 letter regarding detained Agence France-Presse journalists Dave Clark and Roberto Schmidt, as well as photographer Joe Raedle from Getty Images,

22/03/2011 - 10:00

AFP: Two journalists arrested by the Libyan army

AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.

20/03/2011 - 10:00

Two AFP correspondents missing in Libya

Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.

17/03/2011 - 10:00

AFP moves bureau in Japan

AFP has decided to remain in Japan for the time being to continue its mission to provide complete news coverage while applying strict security measures to ensure the safety of its team, which remains flexible so as to be able to change course at a moment's notice.