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.
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Washington (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 19:05:05 | US Fed raises inflation outlook by end-2026 to 2.7%
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Caracas (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 18:57:22 | Venezuelan president announces sacking of defense minister
Jerusalem (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 18:40:08 | Israel army chief says West Bank settler attacks 'ethically unacceptable'
Beirut (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 18:23:35 | Hezbollah condemns 'cowardly' killing of Iranian security chief Larijani
Tehran (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 18:22:38 | 'Murderers' must pay for killing Iran's Larijani: Mojtaba Khamenei
Kabul (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 17:25:42 | Afghanistan announces Eid pause in hostilities with Pakistan
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