With NRO support, and in anticipation of ICANN´s final recognition of AfriNIC as a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) in April 2005, AfriNIC has begun operating as a fully functional RIR on 21 February 2005. The full text of the announcement is available on the NRO web site at: <http://200.40.228.74/nro.net/archive/news/afrinic-transition-phase2.html> Information about AfriNIC can be found at: <http://www.afrinic.net/>http://www.afrinic.net NRO Secretariat