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Xavier Aldekoa wins Saliou Traoré award for Nat Geo story on Africa childhood
A photograph provided by Xavier Aldekoa (L) shows the journalist at work in Uganda. EFE/Alfons Rodríguez
The president of Spain s Efe news agency Gabriela Cañas meets with the jury of the 3rd Saliou Traore Award for journalism in Spanish-language from Africa in Madrid, Spain on 25 May 2021. EFE/ Ballesteros
Spain s Xavier Aldekoa was awarded Tuesday the 3rd Saliou Traore Award for journalism in Spanish-language from Africa for an article on childhood in the continent.
The report, Africa. A future with names and surnames , was published in the National Geographic Magazine and illustrated with photographs by Alfons Rodriguez.
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Madrid, May 25 (EFE).- Spain’s Xavier Aldekoa was awarded Tuesday the 3rd Saliou Traore Award for journalism in Spanish-language from Africa for an article on childhood in the continent.
The report, “Africa. A future with names and surnames”, was published in the National Geographic Magazine and illustrated with photographs by Alfons Rodriguez.
The decision of the jury whose members included the president of Spanish news agency EFE, Gabriela Cañas, among others highlighted the report’s “unique and interesting approaches, which emphasize not only the present but also the future of Africa. It is a commitment to long-range journalism”.