Kenya Airways suspends flights to Kinshasa over DR Congo detentions

The employees, who work at the carrier's airport office in the DRC capital were arrested on April 19 by the Military Detection of Anti-Homeland Activities (DEMIAP) allegedly because of "missing custom documentation on valuable cargo", the airline said last week.

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(FILES) A passenger plane operated by Kenya Airways approaches for landing on March 24, 2020 at the Jomo Kenytta Airport. Kenya Airways (KQ) announced the suspension of flights to Kinshasa starting April 30, 2024, citing the detention of two employees by a military intelligence unit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the reason for the move. (AFP)

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