African watchdog
1 min readJan 6, 2022

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Somali government denies reports that Somali airspace has been transferred to a private company

Somalia’s Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Duran Ahmed Farah and the director of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority have denied reports that the country’s airspace will be handed over to a private company. Ahmed Maalim Hassan.

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of the Federal Government of Somalia Duran Ahmed Farah for his part denied the rumors circulating on social media in the past few hours and described them as fake.

“I want to make it clear to the Somali public that there is nothing wrong with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation handing over control of the airspace to a private company. said Minister Duran.

Ahmed Moalim Hassan, director of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority, denied the allegations, saying the country’s airspace had been handed over to a US-based company.

However, the joint statement from the Somali Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and the Director General of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority also stated that the Somali government is in control of the country’s airspace as part of its development. The Somali government has stepped in.

Brian Frederick

Montreal, Canada.

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