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Kenya: Ethiopian Troops Admit Shooting Down Plane
Nation, 9 May 2020
Ethiopian forces in Somalia have admitted to shooting down a Kenyan cargo plane on Monday, leading to six deaths, on 'mistaken identity'. Read more »
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Kenya: Somali President Orders Probe Into Bardale Air Crash
Nation, 6 May 2020
The Federal Government of Somalia started an investigation into a plane that crashed on Monday near the airstrip of Bardale town in Bay region, about 275 kilometres southwest of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Claims Responsibility for Downing Coronavirus Supply Plane - Reports
DW, 10 May 2020
Media reports say a private Kenyan plane recently downed in Somalia was shot by troops deployed from Ethiopia. So far, the African Union's Somalia mission AMISOM has only called… Read more »
Ethiopian Troops in Somalia Admit to Shooting Down Kenyan Plane
The Ethiopian forces guarding Bardelle airstrip in Baidoa adjudged the plane's unusual flight towards the facility as a potential suicide mission and downed it, according to a report filed by the African Union Mission in Somalia. The troops' rocket-propelled grenade shot down the light Kenyan-registered aircraft carrying supplies for use in the fight against COVID-19.
President Uhuru Kenyatta with his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (file photo).
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