Kenya suspends flights from Somalia

Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya announced Tuesday that flights between Nairobi and Mogadishu had been suspended, just days after Somalia said diplomatic ties with its neighbour had been normalised following months of tension. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said commercial flights to and from Somalia would be paused for three months, without giving a reason. ‘All flights between Kenya and Somalia are suspended expect medevac flights and United Nations flights on humanitarian missions only,’ the regulator said.. KCAA director general Gilbert Kibe told AFP the suspension was ‘a decision by the government’ but gave no further details.