Kenya

Kenya: Tourist Vans Ambushed in Maasai Mara

Date: August 30th, 2005 |

A gang of seven bandits armed with a rifle, clubs and machetes ambushed two safari vans in the Maasai Mara game reserve Aug. 22 and robbed five Japanese, two South African and two American tourists as they returned to their lodges after a late-afternoon game drive. Two of the Japanese were injured, one seriously. Authorities [read more]

Kenya

Date: June 21st, 2005 |

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After some twenty years of battling poachers, many from Somalia, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has finally driven them out of Tsavo East National Park, the country�s largest wildlife reserve, and reopened the entire park to visitors. The northern two-thirds of the reserve has been off-limits since the 1980s but is now open for a [read more]

Kenya

Date: April 5th, 2005 |

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The highway between Nairobi and Mombasa is notorious for banditry, especially at night, but police arrested some 400 suspects in several towns along the highway in a recent crackdown, and claim that travel along the road is now safe. Police will continue to patrol at night, especially in the 170 mile stretch between Machakos and [read more]

Kenya

Date: November 30th, 2004 |

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When the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for Kenya in May, Kenyan officials protested and lobbied hard over the following months to get it lifted, arguing that Kenya was safe for visitors and the warning was damaging its vital tourism industry. They lost the argument and the warning remained in place only to [read more]

Kenya

Date: April 21st, 2004 |

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The crime-plagued Mombasa-Nairobi highway is now under 24-hour police surveillance and, according to the officer in charge of the region, the rampant banditry the road was known for is history. Police broke up the syndicate that coordinated attacks by tracking victims via cell phones, arresting some 600 suspects, but the alleged mastermind remains [read more]

East Africa: Travel Warning

Date: July 6th, 2005 |

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The U.S. State Department reissued its public announcement warning of terrorist threats throughout East Africa, reminding travelers that targets could include clubs, restaurants, shopping centers, outdoor recreation events, resorts and other places Westerners congregate. The announcement also added warnings about seaborne travel near the Horn of Africa and in the southern Red Sea. Unknown pirates [read more]

Kenya

Date: June 14th, 2005 |

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The Mombasa-Nairobi Highway has been plagued by banditry for years, and police have repeatedly vowed to make it safer, but the recent killing of three truck drivers by bandits not only suggests the highway is still dangerous but also prompted some 200 truckers to block the road for more than 24 hours in protest. They [read more]

Kenya

Date: March 8th, 2005 |

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The recent killing of an Australian tourist by a hippopotamus in a game park is a reminder to proceed with caution around animals in the wild. The woman was with 12 other tourists when she approached a watering hole in the evening hoping to see a hippo in a popular wildlife refuge. She was attacked, [read more]

Kenya

Date: May 25th, 2004 |

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The U.S. State Department reissued its travel warning for Kenya May 21, citing continuing concerns about terrorist threats in the region targeting Americans and other Westerners. These threats include “indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets in public places including tourist sites and locations where Westerners are known to congregate,” and the warning was issued in the [read more]

Kenya

Date: March 3rd, 2004 |

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The 300-mile Nairobi-Mombasa Highway has become a nightmare for travelers because of organized groups of bandits plaguing the highway day and night. The bandits work in groups of ten and communicate by cell phones to report on approaching victims and to warn of any police patrols. They are armed with AK-47s and machine guns, much [read more]

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