WHAT IS WHADN?

The Western Hemishpere African Diaspora Network (WHADN) was created to implement Article 3(q) (amended) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU): [The Union shall] invite and encourge the full participation of the African Diaspora as an important part of our continent, in the building of the African Union." This initiative was launched during the historic First African Union Western Hemisphere Diaspora Forum held in Washington, D.C. from December 17-19, 2002, an event convened by the AU and coordinated by The Foundation for Democracy in Africa.

The House of Nanny and the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) are two initiatives WHADN is currently working on.

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