A bit more context from [1]: > The contract between Freenom and the Malinese government that gave Freenom technical control over the domain extension and give

A bit more context from [1]: > The contract between Freenom and the Malinese government that gave Freenom technical control over the domain extension and give out the domains for free, has expired on Monday July 17. The contract was not renewed, which means that the control of the .ml domain extension is returned back to the government of Mali. [1] https://forum.infinityfree.net/t/all-ml-domains-are-down-due-to-registry-transfer/79379 https://forum.infinityfree.net/t/all-ml-domains-are-down-due...