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Kenya: Tourism Boost As Travel Advisory Lifted

The UK has lifted a travel advisory for its citizens visiting the area of Lamu following the murder and kidnapping of a British tourist.

Kenya: Tourism Boost As Lamu Travel Advisory Is Lifted

The Star, 3 May 2012

IN a move that may be a major boost to tourism, Britain has lifted a travel advisory for its citizen visiting Lamu that followed the murder and kidnapping of a tourist by suspected… Read more »

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22 March 2012

Somalia: Pirates Free British Woman

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Internal Security Minister Professor George Saitoti and Tourism Minister Najib Balala have asked the UK government to lift a travel advisory issued ... see more »

Kenya: Local Linked to Tebbutt Ransom

The Star, 26 March 2012

Anti-terrorism police are investigating links between a Kenyan man of Somali origin and the abductors of British tourist Judith Tebbutt in Somalia, after officers discovered that… Read more »
Kenya: Saitoti Assures of Security, Calls for UK Advisory Review

The Star, 23 March 2012

Internal Security minister George Saitoti has backed Tourism minister Najib Balala's call to have the UK lift the travel advisory against Kenya saying the country is now secure. Read more »
Kenya: Lift Travel Advisory, Balala Tells UK

The Star, 23 March 2012

TOURISM minister Najib Balala wants the United Kingdom to lift a travel advisory on Kenya by its citizens after Judith Tebbutt was released by her abductors on Wednesday. Tebbutt,… Read more »
Kenya: Ex-UK Soldiers Based in Nairobi Carried Tebbutt Ransom to Adado

The Star, 22 March 2012

The cash ransom paid for kidnapped tourist Judith Tebbutt on Wednesday was air dropped by a former British military officer who owns a Nairobi based security firm specializing in… Read more »
Kenya: Support Amisom to End Kidnaps

The Star, 22 March 2012

THE Briton kidnapped in September last year has been freed in Somalia. Read more »

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Somali pirates apprehended by marines (file photo): British tourist JudithTebbutt was abducted from a safari lodge in the popular Kenyan tourist town of Lamu. Gunmen shot and killed her husband David when he resisted.

Somalia: Woman Hostage Released By Pirates

RFI, 22 March 2012

Somali pirates freed a British hostage Wednesday, nearly seven months after she was taken captive in a raid at a Kenyan beach resort in which her husband was killed. Read more »
Kenya: Freed British Hostage Headed Back Home

Capital FM, 22 March 2012

Freed hostage Judith Tebbutt is likely to be flown back to the United Kingdom on Thursday. Read more »
Kenya: Somali Pirates Free Kidnapped British Tourist

The Star, 21 March 2012

A British woman abducted seven months ago from a beach resort in Kenya has been released by her Somali abductors after her family paid a ransom to the militia. Read more »
Somalia: Scotland Yard to Aid Kenya Terror Investigation After Briton Arrested

Shabelle, 28 December 2011

A team from the Scotland Yard has been sent to help Kenyan authorities investigate a terror network after a British national was arrested on allegations that he is an explosives… Read more »
East Africa: Kenyan Troops Enter Somalia to Chase Kidnappers

RFI, 16 October 2011

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being behind recent kidnappings of foreigners, officials said Sunday. Read more »
Kenya: Lamu Attacks Affecting Tourism Trade

The Star, 3 October 2011

THE business community in Lamu has began feeling the pinch following the recent attacks of foreigners in the island after a number of tourists were evacuated from the resort town. Read more »

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