Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to secure Afghanistan’s vital Kabul international airport in a bid to improve US-Turkey relations as American and NATO troops complete their pullout from the war-battered country. But a Taliban warning underscores the military and diplomatic challenges of the Turkish offer. The drive to Kabul’s main airport has turned into a crawl during the 20-year US security presence in Afghanistan, with ever-increasing security checkpoints slowing travellers as they inch towards the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a bizarre incident, two North Western of Somaliasenior hospitals were arrested at Mogadishu airport, according to reports, before being held for three days under unclear circumstances, which could spark yet another rift between Hargeisa and Mogadishu. According to reports, the two workers whose identities are withheld for security reasons were attached to Dr. Adna Adan Hospital in Somaliland, a breakaway region which is at odds with authorities in Mogadishu. The two staff members were on their…

In Gabon, Léon-Mba Worldwide Airport in Libreville will probably be the primary airport in Central Africa to be licensed by the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group. ICAO handed over this certification on Saturday, Might 8, after two years of labor and opinions of the standard and security of the airport platform's infrastructure. A ceremony was held on Saturday handy over the certificates.…

Somalia: NISA and police clash at Mogadishu airport MOGADISHU, Somalia - A section of troops from the National Intelligence Security Agency and police collided Thursday at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, a move that could be an acid test for Somalia's security agents. For decades, the synergy between Somalia's security agents has been called into question by the…

A Somali defense official threatens to take over Mogadishu Airport MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior Somali defense official has threatened to take over Aden Abdulle International Airport, commonly known as Mogadishu Airport, and has rejected the decision of the House of Commons to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's reign. The lower house quickly extended Farmajo's mandate amid…

The Gabonese Soccer Federation accuses Gambia of holding its gamers for eight hours at Banjul airport so as, in line with it, to "weaken" them forward of a decisive match for the qualification for the African Cup of Nations. (CAN) 2021. Gabon's staff misplaced 2-1 on account of Gambias, on November 16, 2020 in Bakau. The…

Asecnatire's workers' union is sounding the alarm when the government wants to hand over the management and renovation of this airport to the Turkish group Damnus. They fear that their jobs will disappear. Asecna representatives , members of the Commission set up by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation to "analyze the…