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<p class="MsoNormal">Indeed very sad news. May his soul rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hadia EL Minaiwi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair of At-Large Capacity Building Workshops Team<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Seun Ojedeji via AFRI-Discuss<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 23, 2022 2:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> afri-discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AFRI-Discuss] Exit of Baudouin Schombe<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have just received the sad news of the exit of one of our own within AFRALO. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Baudouin Schombe was one of the early contributors to AFRALO, At-Large, ICANN and the Internet Governance(IG) space as a whole.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Death is an inevitable debt that we all will have to pay at some point. On behalf of AFRALO, I express our condolences to his family, the internet society community in DRC and entire IG community. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May his soul rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<br>
Chair AFRALO <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my mobile<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos<br>
Every word has consequences.<br>
Every silence does too!<o:p></o:p></p>
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