An update on the AfriNIC situation

Tue Aug 31 05:06:22 UTC 2021

On 8/31/21 01:29, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:

> Um, Mike, no… That’s neither a fair nor accurate characterization of the current
> situation.
>
> AFRINIC has been given access to the equivalent of two months of operating costs
> from their bank accounts in a recent court ruling, so they are nowhere close to shut
> down. All of the chicken littles running around claiming otherwise notwithstanding,
> no, AFRINIC was never actually shut down.

Wow. Problem solved.

Mark.