Dear all, I found this article: Curious tale of AFRINIC, millions of IPv4 addresses and NRS https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/03/what_is_number_resource_society/ worth reading; as a sort of primer to the issues. Best, -C. Transparency disclaimer: I have no affiliation of any kind with Simon Sharwood (https://www.theregister.com/Author/Simon-Sharwood), the author of this article, nor The Register, the publishing online magazine, .