Sal©: The 8th General Assembly of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA), held under the theme “African Press Agencies as Vehicle for Promoting the Continent’s Health Sovereignty,” adopted the Federation’s action plan for 2025 on Thursday.

According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, the action plan was adopted on the second day of the meeting chaired by FAAPA President and Director General of the Moroccan Press Agency (MAP), Fouad Arif. The plan covers several areas, including organizing meetings, professional training and qualification, multimedia, communication, cooperation, and partnership.

Regarding organization, the plan includes hosting the 9th FAAPA General Assembly in late 2025, featuring a panel discussion on ‘Digital innovation for African media: challenges and opportunities for news agencies’. Additionally, the 10th FAAPA Executive Council meeting is scheduled to take place in Libreville, Gabon.

In the realm of training and professional capacity-building, FAAPA plans to conduct a seminar on photojournalism, a forum for news directors, and a meeting of women leaders at the Training Center for African Journalists (CAFJ). The organization is also arranging a symposium for information systems directors, a gathering of sports journalists from African news agencies, and workshops for fact-checkers.

The action plan also emphasizes the promotion of multimedia by redesigning FAAPA’s website, expanding its editorial content, reinforcing the Network of Women Leaders (NWL-FAAPA) website, and developing the Fact-Checking section of the FAAPA website. A new website dedicated to the network of sports journalists (RJS-FAAPA) will also be established.

In terms of communication, the action plan includes holding and participating in African and international media activities and events, as well as awarding the FAAPA Grand Prize for the best video report, best article, and best photo in 2025.

To enhance cooperation and partnership, FAAPA aims to sign cooperation and partnership agreements. The second day of the General Assembly also involved examining and adopting the report of the 7th General Assembly, the report on the 9th FAAPA Executive Council meeting held last October in Abidjan, and the report on the training seminars.