AFP wins top prize at Africa Fact Check Awards
AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.
Paris (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 21:18:19 | Norway to join France-led nuclear deterrence programme: Macron
Gaza City (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 20:29:02 | Hamas armed wing confirms leader killed in Gaza strike
Jerusalem (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 19:04:35 | Israel army says all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River 'combat zones'
Tyre (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 17:18:27 | Strikes hit near south Lebanon's Tyre after Israeli warning
Mexico City (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 17:10:47 | Mexico announces free trade review talks with US: government
Washington (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 17:02:53 | White House says Iran report on draft deal is 'complete fabrication'
Kampala (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 16:15:11 | Uganda shuts DR Congo border over Ebola outbreak: health ministry
Kyiv (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 15:34:41 | Zelensky asked Trump for air defence munitions: letter seen by AFP
Jerusalem (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 15:24:05 | Israeli army issues evacuation order for south Lebanon's Tyre city, surrounding areas
London (AFP) | 27/05/2026 - 14:42:00 | Oil prices drop 5% on US-Iran optimism
Andersen Consulting enters into a Collaboration Agreement with Multiplica, a digital consulting firm that helps organizations design, build, and scale impactful digital experiences. Founded in Spain with a presence in Latin America and the U.S., Multiplica focuses on user research and discovery, customer experience research, digital strategy, data modeling and analysis, report automation and data visualization, conversion rate optimization, product design, and user experience design. The firm...
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Avanzanite Bioscience B.V., a rapidly growing commercial-stage European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on rare diseases, today reported that its partner, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts focused on delivering innovative medicines for patients with rare diseases, announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for PYRUKYND® (mitapivat), an oral pyruvate kinase (P...
AFP digital investigation reporter Samad Uthman won the coveted “Fact Check of the Year” award in the professional fact-checker category at the Africa Facts Summit, held in Dakar on October 1-2.