But one of the saddest thing is that the tower/approach couldnt give you a reliable brief of what was happening.It shows how bad the system is.
Threat and error management: when briefing on potential "threats" during operation in Africa, we always brief on ATC being our biggest threat. So whatever comes from that tower should be scrutinised.
Great flying by you guys ZZ. The Kenyan 738 accident had major weather, similar to that encountered by you, associated with its circumstances, and we all know how that turned out...