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NRO Secretariat.

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://www.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