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ADDIS ABABA， March 16 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) on Thursday called for greater solidarity with African countries affected by the ongoing drought and famine.

Moussa Faki Mahamat， the newly elected chairperson of the AU Commission， is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in parts of Africa affected by drought and famine， which is the most severe food security emergency in the world today， said a statement from the pan-African bloc.

Close to 12 million people in South Sudan， Somalia and northeast Nigeria are in dire need of emergency food assistance， noted the statement.

Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan， and this situation has led to major displacements into neighboring countries， it said.

The statement added that the situation in the countries is compounded by insecurity and conflict.

The chairperson has expressed AU's profound appreciation to its member states that have opened their borders and provided assistance to those in need.

Mahamat has urged all AU member states to contribute financial and technical support to alleviate the suffering of the affected populations.

He also appealed to AU partners and international humanitarian organizations to provide the much-needed financial and logistical support to assist the affected countries to avert a catastrophe.

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Facebook Inc offered reassurances to investors on Wednesday that its digital ad business would remain highly profitable Jeff Carter Canada Jersey , despite a dip in usage on the social media network and an overhaul of its flagship News Feed.

The company said in an earnings report that quarterly revenue jumped 47 percent from a year earlier, and executives said on a conference call that they saw more chances to make money even if people spend less time on Facebook.

Analysts had wondered about the resilience of the world’s largest social media network, which is making changes to its products to deter foreign influence campaigns like ones that it says Russia has carried out and to stem the spread of sensationalism.

Facebook added to jitters after the bell on Wednesday when, in its earnings report, it said that at the end of last year time spent by users had fallen by about 50 million hours a day.

Shortly afterward Jean Beliveau Canada Jersey , though, Facebook executives expressed optimism on the call with analysts, saying the changes they were making in response to criticism would be healthy for the business in the long term and might not even hurt much in the short term.

“I want to be clear: The most important driver of our business has never been time spent by itself. It’s the quality of the conversations and connections,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on the call.

Facebook management “acknowledged things that maybe most investors weren’t thinking about before — the reduction of users and usage — but at the same time they pointed to a lot of positive trends on their other platforms,” Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser said.

Although Facebook usage is down Jay Bouwmeester Canada Jersey , he said, “One shouldn’t be reflectively negative on this.”

Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told analysts that recent changes to reduce disinformation on Facebook could create “more monetization opportunities.”

Sandberg said she was optimistic about potential revenue from ads on “stories” on Facebook and Instagram, while Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said the average price per ad increased 43 percent in quarter.

“They said average revenue per ad was up a lot, that quality of ads has improved, and that the engagement declines were not meaningful Jamie Benn Canada Jersey ,” Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said.

“In other words, better quality engagement and better ability to target ads. The street probably likes that,” he said.

Facebook said that time spent was falling at the end of last year by about 50 million hours a day due to changes that it said reduced viral videos, even before the company announced a series of changes to the News Feed that may further reduce user engagement.

Facebook’s 1.4 billion daily active users was up 14 percent from a year earlier, but below analysts’ estimate of 1.41 billion for the fourth quarter Jake Muzzin Canada Jersey , according to financial data and analytics firm FactSet.

The number of daily users in the US and Canada fell for the first time in Facebook’s history.

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