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UK relaxes Kenya travel warning | UK relaxes Kenya travel warning |
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The UK government has lifted its warning against travelling to part of Kenya's coast, including Mombasa. | The UK government has lifted its warning against travelling to part of Kenya's coast, including Mombasa. |
The Foreign Office previously warned against all but essential travel to almost all of the country's Indian Ocean coastline. | The Foreign Office previously warned against all but essential travel to almost all of the country's Indian Ocean coastline. |
Warnings remain in place for part of the coast and anywhere within 60km (37 miles) of the border with Somalia due to a "high threat from terrorism". | Warnings remain in place for part of the coast and anywhere within 60km (37 miles) of the border with Somalia due to a "high threat from terrorism". |
Warnings also remain in place for areas including Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb. | Warnings also remain in place for areas including Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb. |
The BBC's Jonathan Chapman said coastal resorts had seen a "dramatic drop" in tourist numbers - and the Kenyan government had blamed this on travel advice from several governments including Britain and the US. | The BBC's Jonathan Chapman said coastal resorts had seen a "dramatic drop" in tourist numbers - and the Kenyan government had blamed this on travel advice from several governments including Britain and the US. |
The Foreign Office says the "main threat" of terrorism - including kidnapping - in the warning areas comes from "extremists linked to al-Shabab", a militant group which has carried out attacks in Kenya in response to Kenya's military intervention in Somalia. | The Foreign Office says the "main threat" of terrorism - including kidnapping - in the warning areas comes from "extremists linked to al-Shabab", a militant group which has carried out attacks in Kenya in response to Kenya's military intervention in Somalia. |
There have been several attacks in Kenya recently, including the killing of at least 148 people at Garissa University College 2 April 2015. | There have been several attacks in Kenya recently, including the killing of at least 148 people at Garissa University College 2 April 2015. |
In 2011, Somali pirates killed David Tebbutt, from Hertfordshire, and kidnapped his wife Judith at a villa on an island in Kenya's Lamu archipelago - which is still part of the area Britons are advised not to visit. | |
In 2013, 67 people were killed during a four-day siege which began when al-Shabab attacked the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi. |
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