A much better explanation of the situation can be found at:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/03/nrs_afrinic_review/

I also recommend that everyone who is not yet familiar with the issue google Lu Heng and Cloud Innovations, the Hong Kong based corporate entity in question which caused this.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=lu+heng+cloud+innovation

The short version of this is that a HK based corporate entity claims it is the legitimate "owner" of 7 million AFRINIC IPs.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 6:09 AM Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net> wrote:

On 9/13/23 9:27 PM, Bryan Fields wrote:
> I think this qualifies as potentially operational.
>
> Afrinic placed in receivership, board elections to be held in six months:
> https://archive.ph/jOFE4

Looks like archive.ph is having problems. This is the original article.

> https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2c6pnx4ymt7sd5c493wg0/news/exclusive-afrinic-placed-in-receivership-board-elections-to-be-held-in-six-months
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