South Sudanese authorities have clarified that the country’s airspace remained opened and functional contrary to reports that it was affected by the situation in neighbouring Sudan. Sudan closed its airspace and all borders last week after long-serving President Omar al-Bashir was forced to resign under pressure from anti-government protests. The United Nations-run Radio Miraya and some social media users claimed South Sudan was inadvertently affected by the closure because Sudan controlled its airspace. Commercial flights in and out of Juba Airport #SouthSudan suspended and/or delayed as #Sudan closes airspace after #SudanUprising . He said only flights that use the Sudanese airspace were affected by the situation.

Source: Ethiopian News April 14, 2019 17:26 UTC