News editor for AFP Southern Africa. On Twitter I speak only for myself.
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🧩 Competitors battle it out in World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship final
In a test of speed and focus, puzzle enthusiasts battle it out in the final of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship in northwest Spain.
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'Like human trafficking': how the US deported five men to Eswatini
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Selfies, goals and cheers at South Africa's grannies World Cup enca.com/lifestyle/selfies-g…
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Lesotho’s textile industry, heavily reliant on U.S. exports, faces uncertainty with the looming renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), complicated by shifting U.S. foreign trade policies.
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VIDEO: Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa's population under the age of 30. AFP met with young people across the continent to speak to them about their hopes and fears for the future.
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My @AFP colleague @BasWohlert interviewed Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in prison in Greenland, pending his possible extradition to Japan yahoo.com/news/anti-whaling-…
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Amid southern Africa's worst drought in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields u.afp.com/5baH
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🌕 Some #AFP pictures of the Super Blue Moon on August 19, 2024 in Britain, Greece, Italy, and Brazil.
📸 @pdporciuncula, @hnichollsphoto, Tiziana Fabi and Angelos Tzortzinis.
#AFPPhoto #bluemoon2024 #SuperBlueMoon2024 #SuperBlueMoon
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Worst yet to come in once-in-a-century southern Africa drought, UN says
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In this profile of Dutch climate campaigner @j_vollenbroek, journalist @KarlMathiesen asks: Is climate action that devastates livelihoods and tears at the social fabric worth it? For @politico: politico.eu/article/johan-vo…
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Partisan websites masquerading as media outlets now outnumber American newspaper sites, a research group that tracks misinformation said Tuesday, highlighting a local news crisis in a year of high-stakes elections.
🖋️ @AnujChopra ⬇️
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📢 #AFP is looking for a Fact-Checking #Journalist
📍 Location: Bratislava, #Slovakia
📅 Start date: ASAP
⏰Deadline for application: June 9, 2024
🖊️ Type of contract: Fixed-term
👉 More info: u.afp.com/jobsEN
#Careers #Jobs #journalism #FactCheck
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📢 #AFP is looking for a fact-checking #journalist
📍 Location: The Hague, #Netherlands
📅 Start date: ASAP
⏰ Deadline for application: May 20, 2024
🖊️ Type of contract: fixed-term
👉 More info: u.afp.com/jobsEN
#Careers #Jobs #journalism #FactCheck
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Με το τελευταίο μας βίντεο μεταφερόμαστε στη #Βουλγαρία, όπου παραπληροφόρηση σχετικά με το ευρωπαϊκό καθεστώς ασύλου της χώρας διαδόθηκε στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα μετά τη συμφωνία της Αυστρίας να ενταχθεί η Βουλγαρία και η Ρουμανία στο Σένγκεν 🇪🇺🇧🇬 1/3
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In de aanloop naar de Europese verkiezingen van juni 2024 publiceert AFP een reeks korte video's waarin onjuiste informatie (afkomstig uit de hele EU) wordt ontkracht om mensen bewuster te maken van desinformatie. 🇪🇺
Bekijk onze Engelstalige afspeellijst: u.afp.com/onlinetips
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📢 #PressRelease - European Elections: AFP works on multiple projects to tackle #disinformation
🇪🇺 #AFP is working on various projects to help fight disinformation, promote electoral integrity and uphold democratic values across the continent.
👉 u.afp.com/eu2024
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A rising tide of anti-migrant misinformation has flooded Bulgaria, stoking rallies and xenophobia ahead of Sofia's partial accession to the European Union's visa-free Schengen zone.
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Great to see continued aggressive innovation and expansion of EU fact-checking work presented at #fightingmisinformationonline, with @sohnic presenting @AFP's cutting-edge and truly international work, and @BZoldi
and Stephan from @eurofactcheck
presenting elections24.efcsn.com/
