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The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on African Affairs will hold a hearing on the "U.S. policy response to entrenched African leadership," April 18 at 2:15 p.m.

Panel One

The National Albanian American Council (NAAC) and NDI cordially invite you to a discussion with women leaders in Kosovo: "Women, Democracy, and Growth: Perspectives on Kosovo’s Economic Development."

Peter Manikas, senior associate and regional director for Asia programs at NDI, will testify before the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding Burma.

As its neighbors in the region grapple with their own political transitions, Turkey is undertaking a reform process of its own that will shape the country’s democratic future for years to come. The country is in the midst of developing a new civilian constitution to replace the current version, written in 1982 under the then-ruling military.