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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deadline is 10 December 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#333333;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FEFEFE">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/join-icanns-discussions-at-the-16th-internet-governance-forum-15-11-2021-en">Join ICANN’s Discussions at the 16th Internet Governance
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-and-aftld-partner-to-promote-universal-acceptance-in-africa-1-12-2021-en">ICANN and AFTLD Partner to Promote Universal
Acceptance in Africa</a>: First technical workshop scheduled for December 14, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#333333;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FEFEFE">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/nomination-period-opens-for-the-icann-community-excellence-award-6-12-2021-en">Nomination Period Opens for the ICANN
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/a-global-icann-resolver-operator-forum-announced-2-12-2021-en">A Global ICANN Resolver Operator Forum Announced</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">Yaovi ATOHOUN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Stakeholder Engagement & Operations - Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt">www.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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