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KLM ‘unrest’ travel warning for Kenya, Tanzania sparks anger

The airline, which is owned by Air France-KLM, apologised to the Kenyan government [File: Farouk Batiche/Anadolu]

The governments of Kenya and Tanzania have hit out at KLM for spreading “unfounded” claims after the airline published an advisory warning of travel disruptions due to purported civil unrest in the two countries.

The carrier had said that “civil unrest” between Friday and Monday could potentially force flights to be cancelled, before amending its alert to refer to an unspecified “local threat in Tanzania”.

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