Agence France-Presse opened at the beginning of 2015 an office in Doha, making AFP the first of the "big three" historic general news agencies to have a fully-fledged bureau in Qatar.

The Guardian announced today that it has picked Agence France-Presse’s Bulent Kilic as photographer of the year for his coverage of the Middle East and Europe.

The US news magazine TIME announced today that it has picked AFP photographer Bulent Kilic as its ‘Best Wire Photographer of 2014’ for his coverage of the Middle East and Europe.

CHAIRMAN AND CEO EMMANUEL HOOG OUTLINED TO THE AFP BOARD ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 11 THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND MEANS THAT WILL ENABLE THE AGENCY TO ACHIEVE THE INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT GOALS NEEDED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog has appointed Marie-Noëlle Vallès director of video to strengthen the management of this activity which is AFP’s number one strategic priority and key growth driver.

AFP has launched a blog entirely dedicated to security in the conviction that efficient sharing of information is the key to improving the safety of journalists working in danger zones.

Pacôme Pabandji, an AFPTV video journalist from Central African Republic, on Wednesday won the prestigious Rory Peck Award for News.

AFP and Numa have joined forces to create a permanent, open collaborative framework for finding new media solutions.

AFP, which ran a successful photography training project for children in Rio’s city of god in the run-up to the World Cup, is partnering with a new photography school in the favela. The School, which will be free of charge to students, will be inaugurated on November 20.

VIDEO JOURNALIST EDEM SREM AND HIS TEAM FROM MULTITVWORLD.COM IN GHANA WERE ON FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER NAMED AS WINNERS OF THE FIRST-EVER AFRICAN FACT-CHECKING AWARDS, SET UP AND SPONSORED BY THE AFP FOUNDATION AND ITS GROUND-BREAKING OFFSHOOT WWW.AFRICACHECK.ORG.