Comment by alienthrowaway

I was surprised the Register didn't provide the additional context of AFRINIC's revocation of Cloud Innovations IP4 blocks that were being sold anywhere but Africa[1][2][3].

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43753738

2. Now-deleted report on involved parties by South African news org https://archive.is/bcSDY

3. https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/172579/cloud-innovations-i...