On 9 July 2025, Cloud Innovation filed a petition with the Mauritius Court for the Winding-Up of AFRINIC. The Court set a 24 July 2025 deadline for interested parties to file support or opposition to the petition, with the potential for the court to resolve the matter quickly. On 18 July 2025, the government of Mauritius named AFRINIC a “Declared Company”, which many believe protects AFRINIC from being wound up at this time per the Mauritian Companies Act of 2001. Today, ICANN made a filing with the Mauritius Court to oppose the petition and to ensure that the courts are aware of the overall situation and key facts, including the role of AFRINIC in the African numbering space and the public interest nature of being an RIR. To read ICANN's recent Open Letter to the Court Appointed Receiver and Mauritius Minister of Information Technology, click the tile.

ICANN is delighted to share that the first three Applicant Support Program (ASP) candidates have conditionally qualified for support. All three applicants are nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations and are considered "conditionally qualified" until ICANN receives a deposit for their generic top-level domain (gTLD) evaluation fee. Click the title to learn more.

Version 2 of the Registry System Testing (RST) service is now live! RST helps ensure that registry operators and registry service providers have the technical capabilities to run a gTLD reliably and securely. RST supports entities applying for a new gTLD in the Next Round, enabling self-service technical testing and faster Pre-Delegation Testing. Click the title to learn more.

ICANN is excited to share its Organizational Objectives for fiscal year 2026 (FY26), which went into effect on 1 July 2025. The FY26 Organizational Objectives essentially replace the CEO Goals that ICANN published in the past and will form the basis for objective-setting for the Executive Team members and CEO. Click the title to read more from Kurtis Lindqvist, ICANN President and CEO.