[rpd] AFRINIC Communiqué: 15 May 2026

[Fernando Frediani]

This sounds good news to African region and whole internet ecosystem.

It is always important to highlight that the continue tentative to treat 
IP addresses as private property and keep believing that IP leasing is 
something normal and acceptable, with the excuse that the IPv4 
exhaustion justifies it will not prevail.

Members of all RIRs must understand there are policies in place and they 
must be obeyed regardless if they agree or not, if they find it fair or 
not. A contract has been signed agreeing to that. There are proper 
processes in place to change policies and nobody should consider that 
bypassing the current rules is something that will go unnoticed without 
sanctions.

Regards

On 5/15/2026 10:08 AM, AFRINIC Communication via RPD wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) Ltd, also known as 
> AFRINIC, wishes to inform its members, resource holders, stakeholders, 
> and the broader Internet community that the Supreme Court of Mauritius 
> has, on 14 May 2026, issued an Interim Order 
> <https://afrinic.net/ast/pdf/Rule_Afrinic-150526_Redacted.pdf> (https://afrinic.net/ast/pdf/Rule_Afrinic-150526_Redacted.pdf) 
> against Cloud Innovation Ltd following the publication of false and 
> misleading statements disseminated through its subsidiary, Larus Ltd.
>
> In particular, the publication had incorrectly represented that the 
> Supreme Court of Mauritius had sanctioned or otherwise authorised the 
> leasing of AFRINIC-allocated Internet number resources, including IP 
> address resources.
>
> AFRINIC wishes to reiterate, further to its communiqué dated 09 May 
> 2026 
> <https://afrinic.net/afrinic-communique-09052026> (https://afrinic.net/afrinic-communique-09052026) 
> and in the clearest possible terms, that the said publication does not 
> accurately reflect the position of the Supreme Court of Mauritius and 
> is misleading in nature.
>
> The aforementioned Interim Order 
> <https://afrinic.net/ast/pdf/case_73_555-2025-140526_Redacted.pdf> (https://afrinic.net/ast/pdf/case_73_555-2025-140526_Redacted.pdf) 
> issued by the Supreme Court of Mauritius expressly addresses the 
> matter and confirms the legal position in relation thereto.
>
> AFRINIC further reiterates that Internet number resources allocated by 
> AFRINIC are governed by the applicable registration policies, 
> contractual framework, and the established principles underpinning the 
> Regional Internet Registry (RIR) system. Any representation suggesting 
> judicial sanctioning of arrangements outside such framework is 
> categorically denied unless expressly determined by a competent court.
>
> Additionally, AFRINIC considers it both opportune and appropriate to 
> inform its members and the broader Internet community that, in 
> relation to the winding-up petition initiated by Cloud Innovation 
> Ltd against AFRINIC in July 2025 under matter reference 
> SC/COM/PET/000508/2025, the Supreme Court of Mauritius has, on 14 May 
> 2026,also granted an Order formally allowing ICANN to intervene as a 
> party in the proceedings.  Details providing an overview of the series 
> of proceedings initiated by Cloud Innovation Ltd against AFRINIC since 
> 2021, which AFRINIC considers to be frivolous and vexatious, are 
> available at: https://afrinic.net/court-cases.
>
> AFRINIC remains committed to ensuring transparency, accuracy of 
> information, and the protection of the integrity of the Internet 
> number resource administration system for the African and Indian Ocean 
> region.
>
> Issued by:
> AFRINIC
> 15 May 2026
>
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