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Ethiopia allows flights to Tigray, but none have yet taken off from Addis Ababa NAIROBI, Kenya - Authorities in Addis Ababa have said humanitarian flights could take off to the Tigray region, which has been embroiled in a deadly war for eight months, amid concerns from the international community, which is pushing for the restoration of other in the north. The international community had raised…

Tens of thousands of residents of Goma have been dispersing since early Thursday morning following the warning from the governor of northern Kivu about the risk of an eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. Some went to the border with Rwanda, others to Bukavu, in southern Kivu. With our special correspondent in Bukavu, William…

Kenya suspends all flights to and from Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya - Authorities in Kenya have suspended flights to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in a transfer that may increase questions on the sincerity of the current restoration of diplomatic ties between the 2 neighboring nations. In a NOTAM issued by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority , Nairobi now says that solely UN or medivac…

After six months of closure to limit the spread of coronavirus, South Africa is beginning to reopen its borders. A decision that only concerns international flights in relation to countries considered to be low risk. This is the first international flight to land at Johannesburg Airport in six months. This Thursday, October 1,…