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I completed compiling and verifying addresses for leaders in Africa late last week. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I found many addresses were not published; so I sent queries to UN missions for any official contacts.

This morning, the Permanent Mission of Guinea-Bissau to the UN sent a polite note stating I could forward Anson’s letter which they’d pass along to their President. Since this is the case, the first letter to go out will be to H.E. Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

To start the project in 2019, I consulted the international who’s who of world leaders to get mailing addresses for all the heads of state or heads of government. Starting up in 2025, I learned that the online guide is no longer published, so to update addresses and leaders in preparation for the mailings, I have to scrape UN and embassy websites. I was able to breeze through Europe. Africa and Asia are a bit of a challenge. Maybe next week I’ll do the Americas and Oceania.