AFP wins three prizes at the Human Rights Press Awards
Two AFP photographers honoured on 21 April at the 16th "Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.
AFP appointments
Pierre Célérier (50), AFP technical editor-in-chief, has been appointed deputy global news director to replace Juliette Hollier Larousse, who has been appointed director for Latin America in Montevideo. Pierre will begin in the new position on 1 July 2012.
AFP awarded six prestigious photo prizes

04/16/2011 - Otsuchi, Japan - AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
A Pulitzer for AFP: Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini wins award
He won the prize, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his picture of a girl screaming in the aftermath of a suicide attack in Kabul in December 2011.

06/12/2011 - Kabul, Afghanistan - AFP/Massoud Hossaini
Debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Twenty years after war broke out in Bosnia, the AFP Foundation, the Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
AFP launches "Eye on a new century", the first of several AFP photo APPS for iPad
“EYE ON A NEW CENTURY", AFP'S FIRST PHOTO APP FOR THE IPAD, IS ADAPTED FROM A 2010 BOOK “THE SHOCK OF THE NEW CENTURY” FEATURING THE BEST IMAGES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
AFP uses specialist software to detect manipulated photos
AFP has recently begun using forensic software to alert photo editors to manipulated images produced by third party sources and amateur witnesses.
AFP boosts presence in Tunisia and Morocco
AFP is to strengthen its permanent staff in Tunisia and Morocco in the wake of the uprisings in the Arab world in recent months.The Tunis bureau will be reinforced with a new staffer while a new bureau chief in Rabat will be named.Agence France-Presse currently has six journalists in Tunis and seven in Rabat as part of its workforce of more than 2,900 in 165 countries, of 80 different nationalities.