Kenya is threatening to ban the operation of flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu should the UN and other international organisations fail to use flights between the two nations for the humanitarian purposes only. In a statement seen by The Standard on May 31, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned the UN agencies and other international bodies against using their humanitarian flights to transport passengers and other banned items. “The ministry has noticed the misuse of the humanitarian flights for bilateral and political matters contrary to the May 11, NOTAM filed by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA),” read the statement. “For humanitarian flights, UN bodies and other agencies must furnish the ministry with a list of passengers and goods to be transported to Somalia for clearance,” said the ministry. According to the NOTAM, Kenya banned all commercial and cargo flights to and from Somalia except for United Nations Humanitarian Air Service relief flights, medevac flights, and humanitarian missions.

Source: Standard Digital May 31, 2021 16:30 UTC