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In the margins of the 6th European Union - African Union summit on 17 and 18 February 2022, over 10,000 delegates from Europe, Africa and beyond participated in the first Africa-Europe Week, opened by President von der Leyen.

On Wednesday 16 February, DG NEAR hosted the 17th edition of the Core Group on donor coordination for recovery, resilience and development responses to the Syrian crisis. This bi-annual meeting was chaired by NEAR B Director a.i. Henrike Trautmann and NEAR B.1 Head of Unit Armelle Lidou.

Today, the Commission has adopted two new equivalence decisions certifying that COVID-19 certificates issued by Benin and Jordan are equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. As a result, the two countries will be connected to the EU's system.

The European Commission has announced its humanitarian funding for North Africa for 2022 amounting to €18 million. The funding will support some of the most vulnerable people in Algeria, Egypt and Libya.

En marge du 6ème Sommet Union européenne-Union africaine des 17-18 février, la première Semaine Afrique-Europe a été inaugurée aujourd'hui en même temps que le 7ème Forum des affaires UE-Afrique (EABF).

Dear Head of Government, I am pleased to be here in Morocco for my first visit as President of the European Commission. I am especially pleased with the friendly and productive meeting I had with you, Mr Akhannouch.

La présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, se rends au Maroc cet après-midi. À son arrivée, elle rencontrera le ministre des affaires étrangères Nasser Bourita. Demain matin, elle rencontrera également le chef du gouvernement Aziz Akhannouch.

Tomorrow, 27 January, marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. To remember the millions of of Jewish women, men and children as well as all other victims murdered by the Nazi regime, the Commission, for the first time, will illuminate its headquarter

The EU has requested dispute settlement consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) with Egypt on the latter's compulsory import registration requirements. The EU considers that these requirements violate WTO rules because they place import restrictions on a vast range of goods...