Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Congo military releases 2 Kenya Airways staffers held for 2 weeks over cargo dispute !

Congo military releases 2 Kenya Airways staffers held for 2 weeks over cargo dispute

Time:2024-05-07 21:11:32 source:Global Gaze news portal

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Republic of Congo’s military has released two Kenya Airways staffers who were detained for two weeks in a cargo dispute, Kenya’s foreign ministry said Monday.

The staffers’ detention had led Kenya Airways to suspend flights to Congo, but the state-owned airline said flights would resume Wednesday.

The airline said it had rejected the cargo because it didn’t have the required documentation. The nature of the cargo, described as “valuable,” hasn’t been disclosed.

Congo’s military had arrested the staffers from the airline’s offices in the main airport in the capital, Kinshasa.

A military court granted the airline’s application for their release but the military continued to hold them.

Kenya and Congo have cordial relations, with Kenya participating in U.N-backed peacekeeping missions in Congo.

The Kenyan Embassy in Congo negotiated for the release of the staffers, Foreign Ministry Principal Secretary Korir Singoei had said.

Colleagues and embassy officials were only granted a few minutes with the two.

Singoei met the family of one of the detained staffers and assured them that their kin would be safe and “fairly treated” by the authorities in Congo.

Related information
  • Chinese cars gain popularity in Botswana
  • Atlantic City mayor and wife charged with abusing and assaulting teenage daughter
  • Texas A&M rides dominating sweep of Vandy to top of college baseball rankings
  • Idaho can enforce ban on gender
  • Key events of Vladimir Putin's 24 years in power in Russia
  • Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidate
  • China's national political advisory body holds leadership meeting
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson leaves uncertain his plan to advance aid for Israel and Ukraine
Recommended content
  • California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years
  • China promotes human organ donation, transplantation
  • The pilots union at American Airlines says it's seeing more safety and maintenance issues
  • Steve Sloan, former coach and national title
  • Stars and DeBoer moving on after ousting Cup champ Vegas in tight 7
  • China's Han River sees first flood of 2024