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FCDO amends is advice for travellers to Kenya and Nairobi

On the weekend of the 1st of October 2011, a French woman was abducted by Somali pirates from her Island home on the North Kenyan coast after armed gangs surrounded her property and threatened her partner. The Kenyan officials have been able to track down the boat on which she was abducted, but this attack has caused the FCDO to advise against all but essential travel to coastal area within 150km of the Kenya/Somali border.

This attack comes just weeks after a British man was shot dead after trying to prevent a gang from kidnapping his wife. They are still searching for his wife, although they know that she is being held in Somalia.

The restriction from the FCDO also includes Lamu, and low income areas of Nairobi (including townships and slum areas).

Please visit www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office (FCDO) for the latest information.

If you are travelling to Kenya, please be aware that our policies will not include cover to areas of the world that the FCDO advises against all but essential travel to.

Please contact our offices on 01903 209903 if you wish to find out more with regards to your policy terms and conditions.

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