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.
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Washington (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 19:13:21 | Trump says US will get Iran's enriched uranium when 'all is calm'
Washington (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 18:57:15 | Trump says Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday, opening Hormuz
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Washington (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 16:42:00 | Trump to participate in G7 working session with Zelensky: official
Tehran (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 15:19:42 | Iran says deal with US won't be signed Sunday: state media
Islamabad (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 13:18:35 | Mediator Pakistan says US-Iran peace deal likely finalised within 24 hours
Tehran (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 12:55:47 | Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei to be buried July 9: state TV
Beirut (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 09:47:26 | Lebanon reports Israeli strikes in south after Israeli warning
Jerusalem (AFP) | 13/06/2026 - 09:18:43 | Israeli military warns of imminent strikes on south Lebanon
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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.
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Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.