Dalila Zein appointed Managing Director of AFP
Dalila Zein has been appointed as AFP’s managing director, replacing Fabrice Lacroix. She will take up her post by October 1.
Berlin (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 13:40:18 | Shrapnel hit sparked fire on Hapag-Lloyd ship in Gulf: company
Ankara (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 13:26:27 | Turkey urges end to Israeli attacks 'before Lebanon collapses': minister
Tehran (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 13:22:33 | Iran's new supreme leader to issue first message: official Telegram channel
Washington (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 13:11:14 | US military 'not ready' to escort tankers through Hormuz Strait: energy secretary
Islamabad (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 13:04:52 | Muslim nations criticise Israel for Al-Aqsa Mosque Ramadan closure
Beirut (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 12:56:22 | Lebanon says death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 687
Tehran (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 12:44:46 | Iran Guards say targeted Israel and US sites in UAE, Iraq
Brussels (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 12:36:16 | EU says will 'respond firmly' to any trade pact breach by US
Tehran (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 12:32:07 | Iran accuses EU of 'complicity' in US-Israeli attacks: FM spokesman
Baghdad (AFP) | 12/03/2026 - 12:05:48 | 51 crew rescued after attack on tankers off Iraq: authorities to AFP
Dalila Zein has been appointed as AFP’s managing director, replacing Fabrice Lacroix. She will take up her post by October 1.
A series of appointments: Global news management and international appointments
From September 1 to 16 the international photo festival Visa Pour l’Image will pay tribute to AFP photographers in Africa with exhibitions featuring the work of John Wessels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luis Tato’s coverage of the Kenyan elections and an evening screening of Mohamed Abdiwahab’s coverage of Somalia. Also featured will be Brendan Smialowski’s coverage of the White House, and there will be a tribute to Shah Marai who was killed in an attack in Kabul last April.
The easily accessible platform which draws on the resources of the news agencies AFP, DPA and ANSA, has been supplying videos, images, texts and graphic content about the European Union for 12 months.
Games Explorer, an iPhone APP on the London Olympics, won a silver award for mobile application of the Year athe Asian Digital Media Awards 2012 organised by WAN-IFRA in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday