Dear colleagues On 8 April 2005, AfriNIC received from ICANN formal recognition of its emergence as the fifth RIR. Therefore, the APNIC EC has formally withdrawn the temporary APNIC policy for allocations to African economies within the APNIC region: "IPv4 allocations for African economies within the APNIC region" http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/archive/apnic-115-v001.txt Economies in the AfriNIC region now seek address space from AfriNIC under the AfriNIC allocation policy: "IPv4 address allocation policies" http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4200407-000.htm Regards _____________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat <secretariat@apnic.net> Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Ph: +61-7-3858-3100 PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3199 ---------------------------------------------------------------------