Union calls off strike that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport

Kenyan riot police stand guard as stranded passengers wait for their delayed flights (Brian Inganga/AP)

A union has called off a strike that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport following talks with the government.

Airline workers were protesting against a build-and-operate agreement between the Kenyan government and India’s Adani Group that would see the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport modernised, and an additional runway and terminal constructed, in exchange for the group running the airport for 30 years.