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Nouakchott (Mauritania), 09-11 December 2017: The Eleventh Annual Conference Session of the African Union Committee of Directors General (CoDGs) of the National Statistics Offices was held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from 09th to 11thDecember 2017 following the successful completion of the 4th Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics also held in Mauritania the week prior.

Abidjan, 08 December 2017- The African Union and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria on Wednesday jointly organised a satellite symposium on domestic health financing. Despite significant progress in responding to the AIDS epidemic Africa confronts the world’s most acute public health threats that remain largely underfunded. After decades of underinvestment the continent need sustained investments in health in a context where international support has levelled due to many competing global priorities.

J'ai rencontré aujourd’hui, au Caire, Ahmed Abou el-Gheit, Sec-Gen de la Ligue des États arabes au 40ème anniversaire de notre coopération pour examiner l’ensemble des aspects de la coopération afro-arabe en vue de redynamiser notre partenariat.

Nous avons aussi passé en revue l’état de la paix et de la sécurité dans le monde arabo-africain, avec un accent particulier sur les situations en Libye et en Somalie, ainsi que sur les efforts de lutte contre le terrorisme, notamment dans le bassin du Lac et au Sahel.

Today, the African Union joins the United Nations as it embarks on a year-long campaign in the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2018. The Universal Declaration, which affirms the universality, inalienability and indivisibility of all fundamental rights and freedoms, remains, to this day, one of the world most influential texts on human rights.