Dear Listers, The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Thursday signed letters of agreement to facilitate the deployment of anycast instances of L Root DNS server, operated by ICANN, in the African region. The cooperation includes AFRINIC helping to identify hosts for the installations as well as providing financial and technical support where needed, to the hosts. Please see attached the full statement issued by AFRINIC regarding the agreement. Best, Dr George Nyabuga Tel: +230 403 51 00 Head, Communications and PR, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 george@afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, on 24 – 29 November 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------