Myanmar reporter wins AFP’s Kate Webb Prize
Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.
Bangkok (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 04:18:25 | Reformist PM candidate in Thailand pledges to form 'the people's government'
Bangkok (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 03:53:23 | Thaksin nephew and PM candidate says Thailand 'must change'
Buriram (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 02:04:50 | Polling opens in Thai general election
Washington (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 00:21:13 | Washington Post CEO out amid outrage over job cuts
Tokyo (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 23:06:08 | Polls open in Japan lower house election
Seoul (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 22:28:25 | N. Korea to hold party congress in late February: KCNA
Jerusalem (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 19:16:39 | Netanyahu to discuss Iran talks with Trump in Washington Wednesday: PM's office
Washington (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:50:40 | Top Trump Iran negotiator says visits US aircraft carrier in Middle East
Paris (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:33:32 | French ex-minister offers resignation from Paris cultural hub over Epstein links: letter
Lisbon (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:25:53 | Emergency worker dies in Portugal storm: authorities
Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.
New guidelines on coverage of violence against women and increased use of women expert sources are among the topics included in a set of initiatives launched by AFP’s Global News Director Michèle Léridon, aimed at improving the way women are represented in the Agency’s content.
Two AFP photographers – Jim Watson and Brendan Smialowski – were awarded at the 2018 ceremony of the WHNPA.
AFP is mobilising more than 80 correspondents to offer comprehensive real-time coverage in text, photography, video, graphics and videographics of the winter games that start febrary 9.