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Somalia resumes international flights today

Aden Abdulle International Airport Somalia

A plane takes off from the Aden Abdulle International Airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 

Photo credit: File | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Somalia had resumed the domestic flights on July 5.
  • The Somali government has also ordered the reopening of schools and universities.
  • So far, Somalia has recorded 3,212 positive cases and 93 deaths. 

Mogadishu. International flights have resumed in Somalia on Monday after a four and a half-month break.

The federal government, led by the Caretaker Prime Minister Mahadi Mohamed Guled alias Khadar, issued a statement on Thursday permitting resumption of international travel that was banned in mid-March this year as part of measures to fight the spread of Covid-19.