Two international flights have landed at Kenya’s main airport after a devastating fire, officials said.

Firefighters are battling a large blaze raging at Kenya’s main international airport.

Kenya’s main airport had to shut down after an Egyptian airliner veered off the runway, an official said.

Holidaymakers were stranded across Africa today after Kenya Airways sacked staff who went on strike this week in a move that caused flight cancellations throughout the continent.

An explosion at an airport in Kenya’s capital injured two people today and caused a fire that destroyed part of a departure lounge, police said.