WAFA
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Wafa (, , an acronym of , ), also referred to in English as the Palestine News Agency and the Palestinian News & Info Agency, is the official state-run news agency of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Before the formation of the PNA in 1994, Wafa was the official news agency of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Palestinian News & Information Agency
- Organization.native_name_lang
- ar
- Organization.abbreviation
- WAFA
- Organization.logo
- wafalogo.jpg
- Organization.type
- News agency
- Organization.products
- Wire service, News, Photos, Video
- Organization.founder
- Ziyad Abdel Fattah
- Organization.key_people
- Ahmad Assaf , Khuloud Assaf
- Organization.area_served
- Worldwide
- Organization.headquarters
- Ramallah, West Bank
- Organization.parent_organization
- Palestinian National Authority
- Organization.staff
- 260
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- wafa.ps
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- social media followers
- 438000
- inception
- 1972-00-00
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years (1972–1994)
- Under the PA (1994–2005)
- Under Mahmoud Abbas (2004–present)
- Foreign language editions
- See also
- References
- External links
Wafa (, , an acronym of , ), also referred to in English as the Palestine News Agency and the Palestinian News & Info Agency, is the official state-run news agency of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). Before the formation of the PNA in 1994, Wafa was the official news agency of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Wafa, like the PNA's other media outlets, are considered to be aligned with Fatah.
Available in 16 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- Português
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- Egyptian Arabic
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Norwegian
- Welsh
- Wu Chinese
- فارسی
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