[afrinic-discuss] Transition from RIPE: a lost network

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

One network seems to be lost in transition:

% whois -h whois.ripe.net 217.77.71.1
% This is the RIPE Whois query server #2.
...
inetnum:      217.77.64.0 - 217.77.79.255
org:          ORG-AFNC1-RIPE
netname:      AFRINIC-NET-TRANSFERRED-20050223
descr:        This network has been transferred to AFRINIC
remarks:      These IP addresses are assigned in the AFRINIC region.
remarks:      Authoritative registration information for this network
remarks:      is available for query and modification in
remarks:      the AFRINIC whois database: whois.afrinic.net or
remarks:      web site: http://www.afrinic.net
remarks:      The routing registry information (route(6) objects)
remarks:      may be published in any Routing Registry, including
remarks:      RIPE Whois Database
country:      EU # country is really somewhere in African Region
admin-c:      AFRI-RIPE
tech-c:       AFRI-RIPE
status:       ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes:   RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
changed:      hostmaster at ripe.net 20050223
source:       RIPE

But, but, but:

% whois -h whois.afrinic.net 217.77.71.1
% This is the AfriNIC Whois server.

inetnum:      0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255
netname:      IANA-BLK
descr:        The whole IPv4 address space

What happened to 217.77.64.0/20? (It is Gabon Telecom, by the way, so
certainly in Africa.) Who should receive the request for
71.77.217.in-addr.arpa ?