As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 31 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivo
The Department of State warns that, while most of the recent incidents of terror in the Philippines have occurred in the Sulu Archipelago, including on Mindanao — with bombings resulting in injuries a
Reuters published a rough tally of foreigners taken hostage in several African countries — Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Algeria, Nigeria and Niger — from April 2008 to Jan. 25, 2012.
On Jan. 17, a group of 27 tourists traveling in the remote region of Afar, Ethiopia, was attacked by the rebel group Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front.
The Department of State warns that, in Sudan, violent flare-ups break out between armed militia groups and Sudanese military forces with little notice, particularly in the Darfur region, along the bor
