Up to 100 African women sports reporters have begun receiving professional training in a programme sponsored by FIFA, football’s world governing body.

The AFP Foundation today called for submissions for the 2010 AFP Kate Webb Prize to recognize exceptional work produced while reporting in dangerous or difficult circumstances in Asia.

AFP has launched an official Facebook page in English following the French page launched October 21 joining other media organizations operating on the leading social networking site.

Time Magazine said Wednesday it had honored Agence France-Presse photographer Mauricio Lima with its "Wire Photographer of the Year" award, hailing his "remarkable body of work" from the Afghan war.

Jean-Pierre Vignolle will leave AFP on January 15, 2011 after eleven years with the Agency. He was appointed Commercial Marketing and Development Director in September 1999 and has served as Managing Director since early 2006.

The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has rolled out a new high performance real time delivery system to further boost the quality of its services to clients.

Vincent Amalvy, 50, has taken over as head of sports at Agence France-Presse. He is the first former head of the photo department to take the reins of a major general service at AFP.

The Board of Directors at its meeting of 27 January 2011 took note of the estimated 2010 results and unanimously adopted the budget for 2011.

AFP has signed up to a technical and commercial partnership in Asia, the Middle East and Africa with BlueFox, a content integrator specialized in Digital Signage (video, photo and text for public screens).