AFP
consolidates its place as global fact check leader with new German
service
AFP is strengthening its position as the world leader in digital
verification by moving into three new countries: Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. Based in Berlin and Vienna, the new German team will work
alongside AFPs German-speaking journalists to debunk and tackle
disinformation being spread on social media in these three countries.
As part of an expanded partnership with Facebook, German becomes the
16th language in which AFP compiles fact check articles and publishes
them on the multilingual website AFP Fact Check.
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MAP
- Mobilization against Covid-19: For great diseases, there are greater
means!
The Moroccan News Agency (MAP) has adopted, since the outbreak of the
health crisis related to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), a series of
measures to make available to the general public a free and quality
information service.
These measures essentially aim to provide secure, verified and
sourced information in order to combat fake news.
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MAP
- Media in Morocco is Undergoing Major Digital Revolution (MAP Director
General)
The media in Morocco is undergoing, as everywhere else in the world,
an important digital revolution, stressed Director General of the
Moroccan News Agency (MAP), Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, considering that
this change has an influence on the working methods of the sector.
There is no future for the media without a digital transition,
Hachimi Idrissi insisted in an interview with "Arab Canada News" paper.(more)
MAP,
National Museums Foundation Strengthen Their Alliance
The Moroccan News Agency (MAP) and the National Museums Foundation (NMF)
agreed to strengthen their alliance by giving it a "structured and
documented extension" through a new agreement.
The future agreement, which has been discussed during a working
meeting, will diversify cooperation and strengthen the coverage of NMF
activities so as to promote Moroccan culture.
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MAP
Launches Arabic Version of Its Monthly Magazine "BAB"
Moroccan News Agency (MAP) has launched the first issue of the Arabic
version of its magazine "BAB", launched in July 2018.
Coinciding with the 21st anniversary of the Throne Day, this first
issue largely covers this event. Under the title "A united nation", this
issue includes analytical articles and interviews with academics,
stakeholders and figures of civil society, highlighting the Kingdom's
progress in various sectors.
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SANA
- With regard to human resources
A number of Journalists and Translators in English, French,
Spanish, Persian languages , in addition to Arabic language auditors
has been added to the editorial board of the Syrian Arab news agency
SANA in order to further enhance SANA`s performance news wise and to
benefit more from news agencies , websites and global journalism .
The Administrative Development department and other
SANA`s directorates have added a new administrative staff in order
to further enhance their performance .
SANA has conducted / technical and journalistic / courses in
to a number of its staff especially the new members .
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SANA - With regard of handling Corona Virus
Sterilization of the agency`s building, the editorial halls
and all equipment .
Providing staff with protective equipment masks gloves-
Sterilizing materials .
I
mplementing spatial
distancing and technical support for SANA .
Reducing working days to 4 days from 5 days a week.
T
hose who show any
symptom of Corona Virus have to self-quarantine
SANA has organized an awareness campaign against Corona
through and photographic material infographics.
Exempt Mothers who have children of nursery age.
Activate distance work through social media and news
networks.
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TAP
- Press Council launched In Tunisia
(TAP)- President of the National Union of
Tunisian Journalists (French: SNJT) announced on Wednesday 16 September
the launch of the Press Council.
The composition of its provisional bureau was also unveiled.
The council is made up of nine members. Three are
appointed by the SNJT and two by the Tunisian League of Human Rights
(French: LTDH).
A further two are designated by the general
information union coming under the Tunisian General Labour Union
(French: UGTT) and as many by the Tunisian Federation of Newspaper
Directors (French: FTDJ). The last member is picked by the National
Union of Private TV Channels.
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Photo taken by
Mustafa Hassona
Palestinians gather to support the 13th maritime demonstration
to break the Gaza blockade by sea with vessels on the
northern border of Gaza City. The photograph of shirtless Aed
Abu Amro (22) holding a large Palestinian flag in one hand and a
slingshot in the other has been shared widely and hailed as
symbol of Palestine's resistance. Abu Amro, later on was shot in
his leg by Israeli soldiers during another maritime protest.
2019 Distinction certificate for
the best photo - LUSA
Photo taken byMustafa Hassona Palestinians gather to support the 13th maritime
demonstration to break the Gaza blockade by sea with vessels on
the northern border of Gaza City. The photograph of shirtless
Aed Abu Amro (22) holding a large Palestinian flag in one hand
and a slingshot in the other has been shared widely and hailed
as symbol of Palestine's resistance. Abu Amro, later on was shot
in his leg by Israeli soldiers during another maritime protest.
2019
Distinction certificate for
the best photo - MAP
Once in a trance, the members of Gnaoua's famous hypnotizing
troupe can perform physical feats like this fluttering artist
more than 2 meters above the ground without him making any
effort.
This astonishing photo was taken within the 21st edition of
Gnaoua and World Music Festival (23/06/18).
Since its creation in 1998, the Gnaoua Festival has placed
Africa at the heart of its program and in the centre of the
continents ancient port of Essaouira. Countless artists have
answered the call to join the malems for unforgettable fusions
and residencies, reminding us that the art of Gnaoua, like all
the worlds music, has its origins in the cradle of humanity.
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.
Sixty-year-old Khalid al-Hami, a sad, grueling figure,
straddles a rock off the sea between the suburbs of
Rades and Ezzahra from the governorate of Ben Arous,
near Tunis.
He took a
deep breath and then sighed with regret. The sea was no
longer the one he had known decades ago after the
government banned swimming in this area in 2017 as a
result of pollution.
The southern
suburb was dubbed the Pearl of the Gulf; the destination
of holidaymakers from all regions, but since the early
1980s it has turned into a quagmire-like beach before
the Ministry of Health classified some of its 19 beaches
on the Tunisian coastline as polluted and prevented
swimming there.
Khaled
recalls the early 1980s when wave breakers were set up
to repel the sea, but the way they were placed randomly
disrupted its natural movement to a large extent.
The situation
has exacerbated with the influx of polluted water and
industrial waste from surrounding facilities through
wadis tumbling towards the besieged shoreline.
EU-Migration
Migration: After the Balkan, the central Mediterranean
route makes EU dizzy
Written by: Rahal Taoussi
Brussels -
After drying up the migratory route of the Balkans
thanks to the agreement with Turkey in March 2016, the
28 countries of the European Union have to deal with the
rising central Mediterranean route, which gives a hard
time to the European leaders.
Overwhelmed
by incessant flows of migrants because of civil wars,
particularly in Syria and Iraq, the EU and Turkey
concluded on March 18, 2016, a comprehensive plan to
reduce migration to the old continent. The agreement,
which stipulated for each Syrian returned to Turkey from
the Greek islands, another Syrian is resettled from
Turkey to the EU, up to a maximum of 72,000 people, with
financial counterparts for Ankara, has drastically
reduced the arrivals of refugees.
At present,
the 28 of the EU are working to dry up the flow of
refugees and asylum seekers from the central
Mediterranean, especially through Libya.
In
preparation for the meeting of Heads of State or
Government to be held in Malta tomorrow, the European
Commission and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini
presented a few days ago their contribution to the
discussions on the how to "better manage migration and
save lives" along the Central Mediterranean route.
The
Commission and the High Representative have outlined a
number of additional measures to strengthen the EU's
efforts along this route, in particular with regard to
Libya and its region.
REPORT: Migrations: Nigerian leaves family, crosses
Sahara with dream of becoming football star in Europe
Written by
Fabiola Ortiz
Oujda, Morocco, Dec. 17 (Lusa) - Onoma Anigorigo, a 25-year-old citizen
of Nigeria now living in Morocco after crossing the Sahara, is awaiting
his chance to continue on to Europe to follow his dream of becoming a
football star.
"I want to try to play in Switzerland, Germany or France," said
Anigorigo, who three years ago left his wife and a seven-year-old
daughter in Nigeria in search of a decent living to support his family.
"I believe that I can get a job there too. I'm a hard-working man."
Starting out from Delta state in the south of Nigeria, he headed north
into Niger and then Algeria, before walking across the border into
Morocco one night before dawn.
TAP -
Mediterranean seminar on use of video
in news agencies TUNIS/Tunisia(TAP)
- A professional symposium on the use of video at news agencies is held
on June 17 and 18 in Tunis, at the initiative of the Tunis-Afrique-Presse
(TAP) news agency, in co-operation the with the La
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) foundation and the Alliance of
Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN)(Read more)
Journalists
from 20 countries meet in Barcelona with scientists and experts to
discuss environmental challenges in the Mediterranean
(Pictures) This
is the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of News Agencies of the
Mediterranean, promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Barcelona, 14 November 2018 (UfM/IUCN-Med) - Around
50 environmental journalists and scientists from 20 countries in the
Mediterranean basin, researchers and experts in the field, NGOs, and
international institutions are meeting on the 13th and 14th of
November at the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of
Mediterranean News Agencies, at the UfM headquarters, in Barcelona.
Anadolu Agency's war
journalism trainees graduate
25 international reporters complete 12-day intensive war journalism
program
By Diyar Guldogan and Satuk Bugra Kutlugun
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1st Meeting of
Environmental Meeting of Environmental Journalists from News Agencies in the
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
enviromental journalistsand communicators along with representatives of the
Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN), convened in Malaga on 18
Decwmber, 2015 on the occasion of the First Meeting of Environemtal Journalists
from Mediterranean News Agencies called by thr IUCN Centre for Mediterranean
Cooperation.
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Seminar between 27-29 April 2015, in Barcelona
EFE,
as 2015 AMAN President, had host a seminar on JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA:
"Challenges in a changing region" from 27th-29th April 2015
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ANADOLU AJANSI - AA
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE - AFP
AGENCE MAURITANIENNE D'INFORMATION - AMI
ATHENS NEWS AGENCY/ MACEDONIAN NEWS AGENCY - ANA / MPA
AGENZIA NAZIONALE STAMPA ASSOCIATA
ALGERIE PRESSE SERVICE - APS
ALBANIAN TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY - ATA
CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY - CNA
AGENCIA EFE,S.A. - EFE
FEDERAL NEWS AGENCY - FENA
CROATIAN NEW AGENCY - HINA
LIBYAN NEW AGENCY - LANA
AGÊNCIA DE NOTÍCIAS DE PORTUGAL,SA - LUSA
AGENCE MAROCAINE DE PRESSE - MAP
MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY - MENA
NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY - NNA
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY - SANA
TANJUG TACNO - TANJUG
AGENCE TUNIS AFRIQUE PRESS- TAP
PALESTINIAN NEWS & INFO AGENCY - WAFA
FEDERATION OF ARAB NEWS AGENCY - FANA>
INTERNATIONAL PRESS SERVICE -IPS
ORGANIZATION OF ASIAN -PACIFIC NEWS AGENCIES - OANA
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF NEWS AGENCIES - EANA
ASSOCIATION OF BALKAN NEWS AGENCIES - ABNA
FEDERATION ATLANTIQUE DES AGENCES DE PRESSE AFRICAINES - FAAPA
The
27th General Assembly of AMAN was held on 1 - 4
october 2018, in Athens - Greece, hosted by ANAMPA
Journalists
from 20 countries meet in Barcelona with scientists and experts to
discuss environmental challenges in the Mediterranean
This
is the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of News Agencies of the
Mediterranean, promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
