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Welcome (back) to Hell: war in Ukraine reopens Sarajevo’s scars

Sonia Bakaric Sunday 1 May 2022

The invasion of Ukraine has brought back painful memories for those who lived through the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the bloodiest in Europe since World War II. Thirty years on, the trauma is still raw, writes Sonia Bakaric, who covered the conflict for AFP

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AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt

Bucha: A street filled with bodies

Danny Kemp Sunday 17 April 2022

An AFP team were the first journalists to discover the horrors of Bucha, a quiet commuter town near Kyiv, occupied by the Russian army for over a month, where Russian troops are accused of massacring hundreds of civilians. This is Danny Kemp’s account of what they saw that day. Some may find it distressing. 

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AFP / Joel Saget

Podcast: Crossroads France

Michaëla Cancela-Kieffer Tuesday 5 April 2022

Paris - As France heads into the 2022 presidential election, the fabric of a country that has at times been the envy of Europe is looking tattered. The sands of society are shifting on an almost daily basis, the ‘traditional’ French way of life appears to be on the way out. Things that used to define France appear to have gone: the welfare state is losing steam, industry and agriculture are both suffering.

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  • AFP / Aris Messinis
  • AFP / Daniel Leal
  • AFP / Anatolii Stepanov
  • AFP / Dimitar Dilkoff
  • AFP / Aris Messinis

Ukraine: When things fall apart

Thursday 24 March 2022

Exactly a month ago war broke out in Ukraine,  the first on this scale in Europe since World War II. AFP journalists recount how they covered a conflict that has also shaken their own lives. 

 

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  • AFP / Jim Watson
  • AFP / Vladimir Simicek
  • AFP / Andrew Caballero-reynolds

Translating swear words: F***ing challenge !

Sébastien Blanc Saturday 12 February 2022

“Son of a bitch”, “emmerder”, “grab 'em by the pussy”...  How exactly do you translate a swear word uttered by the French president or any other political figure, so that an American, Spanish or Argentinian reader really gets the gist? Similarly, how to translate a profanity said by an American president for the benefit of francophone readers? Every time a head of state uses an expletive, the result is instant head-scratching and intense debate in the newsroom, explains Sebastien Blanc, head of AFP's French editing desk in Washington, with the input from his English-, Spanish-, and Arabic-speaking colleagues.

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