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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Ronald and all,</div>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I think that it might be of some value for someone to dig into the archives
and find any and all documents that might serve to shed light on this
simple but so far somewhat elusive question: Why exactly was AFRINIC
created in the first place?</pre>
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<p>hope that this could help:<br>
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<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://afrinic.net/library/corporate-documents/863-cotonou-1998">https://afrinic.net/library/corporate-documents/863-cotonou-1998</a></li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://archive.icann.org/en/rirs/afapp-icann20050305.pdf">https://archive.icann.org/en/rirs/afapp-icann20050305.pdf</a></li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://features.icann.org/2004-09-30-afrinic-provisional-approval">https://features.icann.org/2004-09-30-afrinic-provisional-approval</a></li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.iana.org/reports/2005/afrinic-report-05aug2005.pdf">https://www.iana.org/reports/2005/afrinic-report-05aug2005.pdf</a></li>
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