<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div><div><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ICANN</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> is currently engaged in data collection on </span><abbr title="Domain Name System" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">DNS</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> abuse and mitigation efforts implemented as part of the New </span><abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">gTLD</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> Program. Members of the community and general public are invited to join </span><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">ICANN</abbr><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.4px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> on 28 January 2016 in an open discussion on the topic. Please read more on how to participate at </span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-20-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-20-en</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><div>-</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Yaovi Atohoun</font></font></div><div>Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager – Africa</div><div>ICANN – www.icann.org </div><div>Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>