Q:

.CD domain registry confusion

I registered a .cd (Democratic Congo Republic) domain in the past and it's now up for renewal in a couple of weeks. It seems, for some reasons (maybe political?) there have been changes and I'm unsure how to get some solid information.
Previously, domain name registration was delegated to a company called Conic at http://conic.cd/.  Email was sent from admin@nic.cd. This company has now moved to http://conic.africa. My account still works with them and they assured me they are still responsible for the management of that domain name.  I've had a good relationship with them for the last six years or so.
However, on http://nic.cd/ which I have to consider the authoritative site, there is only a very rudimentary message regarding the fact that Conic (and others) are no longer authorized to handle .cd domains. As this site is more often down than up, I've taken a screenshot (see below). So, they have the official domain name, but don't appear serious.
Here's a screenshot of the site nic.cd when it was up
I've contacted the email account mentioned (support@nic.cd) to get some clarification, but nobody has ever replied.
As the domain name I have is a really short one (just two characters) it's also quite expensive. I don't want to potentially lose that money.
This is why I'd like to ask what I could do to get some more authoritative information. Thanks!

A:

The authoritative data on who manage .CD domain names, at the registry level, is here: https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cd.html
It seems indeed to be http://www.nic.cd/
It is unfortunate is the registry does not reply to your requests. Try first with the other email addresses available on the page at IANA.
If you still do not get any reply, try one level up, that is directly iana@iana.org
UPDATE
These articles may shed some light on what is happening:

https://domainnamewire.com/2017/12/14/cd-registry-contract-pulled-domain-temporary-limbo/ : "According to a translated statement at nic.cd, the registry agreement was canceled “due to irregularities in the managment [sic] of the Registry.”"
http://www.domainpulse.com/2017/12/15/congos-government-cancels-contract-cd-registry/ : "In announcement sent to registrars and posted on the website for Congo’s ccTLD registry, the Société Congolaise des Postes et Télécommunications announced that CONIC, Webnet Africa, Mikuba are no more allowed to manage the .CD registry."
https://www.tld.sc/en/2017/09/cd-registry-becomes-abandoned-ghost-ship-adrift/ : "According to contacts with the Congolese government, they wanted to bring back the management of the .cd domain space to within Congo and the South-African administrator left the ship abandoned before a take-over could be arranged."

In short, as stated previously I would advise not to rely on .CD domain names for now. The .CD zone has various problems right now (http://dnsviz.net/d/cd/WlON0A/dnssec/), and nic.cd does not resolve at all (http://dnsviz.net/d/nic.cd/WlON2A/dnssec/)

