This year's Human Rights Day (10 December) will launch a year-long campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

On February 9, 2018, the President of the Republic of Guinea Professor Alpha CONDÉ proceeded to the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Said FOFANA as Mediator of the Republic to replace General Facinè TOURE at the end of his mandate.

Chad Technical Commission for Reform of State Institutions has recommended the abolition of the standalone Office of the Ombudsman in Chad.