{"id":260,"date":"2026-01-19T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acalanau.org\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:53:47","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acalanau.org\/fr\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Qui sommes-nous"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"260\" class=\"elementor elementor-260\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3db82f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3db82f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1ba58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e1ba58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Qui sommes-nous<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b082b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"90b082b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56bcaf5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56bcaf5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31df0ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31df0ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-656653a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"656653a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa10d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8fa10d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2599a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2599a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a specialized institution of the African Union (AU) established in January 2006. 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