The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has again intervened in the affairs of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), the regional internet registry for 54 nations across Africa and the Indian Ocean. AFRINIC’s home is the island nation of Mauritius, where the Supreme Court recently issued an order [PDF] allowing ICANN to become a party to an application to wind up the registry. AFRINIC has a long history of tur…