Kenya
Risk Level: No Warnings
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The main threat in Kenya comes from militant attacks near the Somali border, in response to Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia.
However, there are no longer any official airspace warnings for Kenya. The US warning advising caution below FL260 in the border region with Somalia expired in Feb 2023. The long-standing UK warning advising against low-level flights across the HKNA/Nairobi FIR expired in Sep 2024.
Major events:
Jan 2020: Two US military/govt aircraft (C-146A, DHC-8), and two helicopters, were destroyed in a militant attack on HKLU/Manda Airport, a US/Kenya joint military base in Lamu county, east coast. Security concerns in this part of Kenya have been ongoing for several years.
Jan 2019: Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on a hotel complex in central Nairobi on 15 Jan 2019, killing at least 14 people. There were a number of attacks by Al-Shabab in Kenya in preceding years, but none in Nairobi since the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in 2013.
However, there are no longer any official airspace warnings for Kenya. The US warning advising caution below FL260 in the border region with Somalia expired in Feb 2023. The long-standing UK warning advising against low-level flights across the HKNA/Nairobi FIR expired in Sep 2024.
Major events:
Jan 2020: Two US military/govt aircraft (C-146A, DHC-8), and two helicopters, were destroyed in a militant attack on HKLU/Manda Airport, a US/Kenya joint military base in Lamu county, east coast. Security concerns in this part of Kenya have been ongoing for several years.
Jan 2019: Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on a hotel complex in central Nairobi on 15 Jan 2019, killing at least 14 people. There were a number of attacks by Al-Shabab in Kenya in preceding years, but none in Nairobi since the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in 2013.