AMAN condemns attack of AA Gaza Office

The Mediterranean Alliance of News Agencies (AMAN) has been notified by its member agency Anadolu (AA) of Turkey that its office in Gaza had been damaged during an Israeli air attack.

No injuries or death were reported while the building was totally collapsed, Anadolu reported.

AMAN condemns the attack on AA Gaza Office, stressing that the security of media people is of paramount importance for the freedom of speech and democratic values.

 7 May 2019

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ANADOLU agency's call for reaction regarding the deportation risk of its photojournalist from Jerusalem
Anadolu Agency Photo Journalist Mr. Mustafa Kharouf was arrested on 22nd January 2019 and faces a risk of deportation from Jerusalem to Jordan after his application for family unification was rejected regarding the data that have not been made public. (more)

Anadolu Agency signs cooperation protocol with D8
Anadolu Agency, Turkey's premier news outlet, on Monday signed a protocol of corporate cooperation with the Developing-8 (D8) Organization for Economic (more)

Anadolu Agency formally inaugurates Islamabad office
Office in Pakistan adds to company's strong global presence in 41 countries. Anadolu Agency formally inaugurated its Islamabad office Tuesday as part  figures. (more)

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AFP launches its new API, AFP Content API Real-time production accessible from all connected platforms
The international news agency AFP, which has 201 bureaux in 151 countries, has launched its new API. (more)
AFP Content API simplifies access to AFP's real-time production and allows developers to innovate by creating their own custom-made applications.

AFP Press Release: AFP extends its fact-checking operation to Spain and Argentina (more)
After Mexico and Colombia, AFP is expanding its Spanish language fact-checking operation to Spain and Argentina.

AFP joins FactCheckEU, a new collaborative project to fight disinformation ahead of the european elections
After joining partnerships to debunk fake news and disinformation during elections in France, (more)

AFP, launches a new enriched version (more)
Now established as a site of reference for major European issues, the EDNH (European Data News Hub)

AFP condemns the expulsion of its Algiers bureau chief
The Algerian government expelled AFP Algiers bureau chief Aymeric Vincenot on Tuesday(more)

First edition of the Shah Marai Award, launched by AFP, won by Farshad Usyan
Freelance photographer Farshad Usyan, from Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, has won the first edition of the Shah Marai Award(more)

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EFE: Google, Spain's news agency EFE link up to tackle information age challenges
 Multinational technology company Google is to collaborate with Spain's international news agency (more)

EFE undertakes a wide-ranging reform
EFE's top management, under Fernando Garea's presidency, has undertaken in 2019 a wide-ranging reform aiming at adapting agency's(more)

MAP, Bulgarian News Agency BTA Ink Cooperation Agreement
The Moroccan News Agency (MAP) and the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) inked, on March 8, 2019,(more)

Electronic press: Minister Calls for Implementing Law on PPP Contracts
Minister of Culture and Communication, Mohamed Laȃraj, called on March 11 in Rabat (more)

MAP Sets Up Parity Committee
The constituent assembly of the Parity Committee of Morocco's news agency (MAP), a body meant to promote the female component (more)

MAP Strengthens its Organizational Model: The allowance system in 3 questions
Why a new allowance system?
The first thing to understand is that this is an aspect that MAP has always put forward as an argument in the construction of its organizational model: (more)

Diplomatic meetings: Debate on Moroccan-Brazilian relations
The Brazilian ambassador in Rabat Josė Humberto de Brito Cruz called, on Feb. 7 in Rabat, (more)

25th SIEL: MAP steals the show MAP provided large media coverage at the 25th edition of the International Book Fair (SIEL), held on Feb. 7 to 17 in Casablanca. (more)

Media: Visit of two Finnish journalists to Rabat
Director-General of Morocco's News Agency (MAP) Khalil Hachimi Idrissi received, on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at MAP headquarters, Finnish journalists Mika Horelli and Antero Eerola. (more)

MAP, WAM Agree to Promote Cooperation in Multimedia
The Moroccan News Agency (MAP) and Emirates News Agency (WAM) have agreed to strengthen their cooperation to develop multimedia products. (more)

Press awards: Two MAP Journalists Awarded
MAP journalists Soumia Al Arkoubi and Morad Khanchouli jointly won the News Agency Award
(more)

MAP, Sputnik Ink Agreement to Foster Cooperation
Morocco's News Agency (MAP) and Russian news agency Sputnik signed on December, 17, 2018, in Rabat an agreement to strengthen bilateral cooperation.  (more)    

FAAPA Grand Prix Awarded to Senegalese journalist and Burkinabe photographer
Senegalese journalist Mohamed Tidiane Ndiaye won the Grand Prix of the Atlantic Federation of African News Agencies (FAAPA) on December 21 in Rabat for his article "Casamance: women rebel against poverty". (more)

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Best Photo Winner 2018 goes to LUSA

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Photo taken by Jose Sena Goulao
A young girl, one of 48 migrants rescued, is lifted on board the Portuguese Navy  Viana do Castelo Oceanic Patrol Ship, off the coast of Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy, 27 October 2017. Reports state that 48 migrants were rescued on 27 October 2017 by the Portuguese Navy in the Mediterranean landed in Pozzallo on 28 October 2017 and were handed over to the Italian authorities 19 hours after being picked up from a vessel at risk of fire. 

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Best Photo Winner 2017 goes to ANA-MPA

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Photo taken by Yiannis Kolesidis
Refugees and migrants struggle during a food distribution at a refugee camp, at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), near Idomeni, northern Greece, 10 March 2016. After Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia have sealed their borders to the migration flow, tens of thousands of people are left stranded in Greece, where most migrants enter the European Union to continue on to countries in Europe.

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2016 - Best Photo Winner goes to  AA

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Photo taken by Õzge Elif Kızıl
Refugees arrive in Greece's Lesbos Island
Volunteers help a refugee man and baby as refugees hoping to cross into Europe, arrive on the shore of Lesbos Island, Greece after crossing the Aegean sea from

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2015 - Best Photo Winner goes to  Hina

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Photo taken by Damir Sencar

A church and a graveyard flooded by water

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2014 - Best Photo Winner goes to  LUSA

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Photo taken by  Nuno Andre Ferreira,Firefighters in huge fires in Serra do Caramulo, in the district of Tondela, cetral Portugal

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