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Title: ICANN Waves Hands in Protest at AFRINIC Election Arrangement

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/0111...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has called
for changes to the roster of officials appointed to oversee the forthcoming
election at the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), the latest
twist in a conflict that stretches back years and has left the African
regional internet registry in limbo. From a report: AFRINIC is one of the
world's five regional internet registries, the governance bodies that
delegate and manage IP addresses and autonomous systems numbers in co-
ordination with ICANN. The African organization has essentially been dead in
the water, operating without a board or CEO since 2022. The problems started
in 2020 when AFRINIC alleged that one of its members -- a company called
Cloud Innovation -- had breached its agreement with the registry in ways that
could lead AFRINIC to reclaim the company's IP address holdings. Cloud
Innovation countered that AFRINIC acted improperly and launched multiple
lawsuits in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean nation the registry calls home. Other
parties also sued AFRINIC for similar reasons. The lawsuits left AFRINIC's
bank accounts frozen and meant it was unable to convene a board or run
elections. In February 2025, the Supreme Court of Mauritius appointed a
receiver to secure AFRINIC's assets and reconstitute its board.

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