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For Shala, a return to female confinement is her biggest fear and now she helps organise the resistance. "I just want to be an example for young women, to show them that I will not give up the fight," she tells @AFP's @RobaHusseini #Afghanistan #women

RT @collinsdyl: Mired in poverty, dozens of #Lebanese join #jihadsits in #Iraq Good read by @AFP's @LayalAFP from #Tripoli, where hardship…

Harrowing interview with Merline, a woman who fled a violent husband in Cameroon with her toddler in tow, and is now in France seeking asylum. She told @AFP's @tperroteau she wasn't thinking about going to Europe when she left. "I just ran," she said. https://t.co/WUtrewRdVV

RT @joedyke: This really shouldn't need saying but here goes: Smugglers are a symptom, not a cause. People don't travel across countries…

“Being fearless doesn't mean not being afraid, it just means knowing how to handle your fear." Extraordinary interview with #NobelPeacePrize winner Maria Ressa by @AFP’s Manila bureau chief @allijackson28

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#UPDATES "We do need help on so many fronts, it is so much more difficult and dangerous to be a journalist today," Philippine journalist Maria Ressa tells @AFP, describing her Nobel Peace Prize as "like a shot of adrenalin" https://t.co/SyQwwIi6Wv https://t.co/jBC43MSFvu

RT @mojobeirut: We're hiring! ❗❗ @AFP #Beirut is looking for a journalist who writes in English to join its wonderful newsroom ➡️ Candidat…

I couldn’t agree more - this podcast blew my mind. Amazing what our colleagues have achieved

Here's your chance to join @AFP, one of the world's top news orgs. We're looking for dynamic journalists to join our desk in Hong Kong. You'd get to work with a star team of journalists across Asia and the Pacific -- from Afghanistan to Fiji. Apply! https://t.co/mVetVYa0qq

So after 6 mostly marvellous years in Paris, it’s an enormous privilege for me to join @AFP’s stellar Asia-Pacific team as deputy head of desk. I look forward to working with and learning from all my colleagues, both in Hong Kong and across this vast region. Photo by @MohGhn https://t.co/JXKkCyHRM4

RT @Guilhem_Klein: L'un des plus beaux textes que j'ai été amené à lire sur ce pays de tant de talents et de tant de drames. Merci à @Layal…

RT @Guilhem_Klein: Offres d'emploi #AFP : @afpfr et @AFPar recrutent sur leur desk régional Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord, basé à Nicosie…

RT @AFPphoto: #Syria - 10th anniversary of start of revolt against Assad by #AFP photographers https://t.co/dtTfG055Q8 https://t.co/XYidK8l…

RT @robr1: Extremely brave

RT @LibyaLiberty: Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! https://t.co/kMJbgRZD89