P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:15/24 MALAWI (7/10/96) 1/2 Take care over personal security. Bi particularly careful after dark and avoid travel out of town at night. Even main roads are dangerous with potholes and abandoned unlit vehicles regularly causing serious accidents. Emergency sjrvicis are almost non- ixistant. Armed hijackings of expensive cars and four-wheel drive vehicles has increased, day and night. In Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu and tourist spots such as Nkhata Bay, Senga Bay (aka Salima) and Cape Maclear bj alert for muggjts and conmjn. ' Travel headlines 430 Front pag 1/16 FCO 9 News Heads +jathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:25/34 2/16 MALAWI (7/10/96) 2/2 In recent months several British visitors have been robbed at knifepoint in Senga Bay, Nkhata Bay and Blantyre. Teams of professional conmen are opjtating in the Monkey BayWCapj Maclear region. Extreme care should be taken with people in thjsj areas who try to become too friendly and offer to act as guides. Foreign Office Travel 0171 238 4503/4 Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +eathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:43/23 3/16 MALAYSIA T23/10/96) Travellers to Malaysia flying over Afghanistan should be aware that thjti are threats from military activit= to civil aircraft overflying Afghanistan using router V668, A466, G402 and V848. Some airliner continue to use thjsj routes. Othjts, including all British carriers, use alternative routes, V876 and V500, on which the threat iu assessed as minimal. Travellers should check direct eithjt with travel agents or airliner which routes individual airlines are using. Travel headlinru 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main MrnuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:27/27 4/16 MALDIVES (17/12/96) Visitors to the Maldives should note that thjte are sjvete penalties for all drug offences. Foreign Office Travel 0171 238 4503/4 Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +jathjt Main MrnuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:2 5/16 MALI T28/10/96) Mali is relatively trouble-free, but banditry is still a risk in the area north of Mopti, Gao and Timbuktu. Thjte have been isolated incidents of mugging in Bamako itself and visitor1 should avoid carting valuables in public. Foreign Office Travel 0171 238 4503/4 Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:24/18 6/16 ME ECO T23/12/96) 1/3 Thjte is a high incidence of armed robbery in urban arias. Rrsistanci is frequently mit with violence. Visitors are advised to take sensible precautions and bj alert. Particular care should be taken on public transport, at airports, bus stations and popular tourist sites. Use only taxis from authorised ranks (sitios*. Passengers using othjt taxis in Mexico City face a much higher risk of attack and robbery. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +eathjt Main MrnuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dtc 23:29/49 7/16 MEXICO X23/12/96) 2/3 Thjte is a risk of robbjty outside major cities particularly in the states of Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Campechj. Avoid travel after dark and isolated bjachjs at all times. Thjte have been recent incidents of violence in Southjtn Mexico against Mexican government installations, resulting in casualties among poliqj and armed forces. Foreigners have not been targjtted. ' Travel headliner 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 22:19/14 8/16 MEXICO X23/12/96) 3/3 States affected wire Oaxaca, Michoacan, Guerrero, Chiapas, Estado dj Mexico, Puebla and Tabasco. Thjte is still tension in Nozthjtn and Cjnttal Chiapas. Travellers should not venture off main roads without first seeking local advice. Foreign Office Travel 0171 238 4503/4 Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Wjathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:19/23 9/16 MOLDOVA T27/9/96) Non-essential travel to Transdniistria should be avoided, as this region is not under Moldovan govjtnmjnt control and the situation is unpredictable. Those with essential business sho4ld register with the consular section of the British Embassy in Moscow, tel: 956 7200. Fax: 956 7420 Law and order is not a particular problem but keep expensive jiwellit8, watches etc. out of sight. Dress and behave with common sense. Use officially marked taxis and do not shari with strangest. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Wjathjt Main MrnuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 22:19/17 10/16 MONGOLIA X6/12/96) Visitors may only enter the country by air or b8 train. Entry o6euland b= othjt means is not permitted. As communications within Mongolia are poor, providing consular assistance can bj difficult. Street Crime is on the increase with increasing degrees of violence employed. Only clearly ricognisabli taxis should be used. It is unsafe to venture out after dark on foot. It is not known whethjt maintenance procedures are always properly maintained on internal flights. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 22:10/25 11/16 MONTSERRAT (14O10/96) 1/2 Montserrat experienced an explosive volcanic eruption on 17/18 September 1996 affecting most parts of the island. The capital, Plymouth, has been evacuated since April 1995 for all but essential business. Visitors are not permitted to enter thjsj areas. Scientists have warned that there could be furthrt explosions whth little warning, which could result in hjav8 ashfall and debris falling ovjt much of the South. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +eathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:10/19 12/16 MONTSERRAT (14/10/96) 2/2 Deposits of ash are experienced in some western and north western parts of the island. Scientists monitoring the volcano continue to believe that the nozth of Montserrat is safe from volcania activity. All visitors to Montserrat should listen carefully to Radio Montserrat (MW 880 and FM 92.3 and 92.5) for volcanic reports which are broadcpst twice a day at 0730 and 1930 hrs. loqal time, and on an ad doc basis during pjtiods of increased activity. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Wjathjt Main MrnuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/29 13/16 MOZAMBIQUE (19/12/96) 1/3 Armed robbjty and car hijacking are prevalent in Maputo and increasing. Do not walk alone or display cpsh ou jewellery. Avoid unfamiliar arias and down town at night. Armed banditry has sharply increased on roads outside Maputo. Attacks have been unnecessarily vicious and sometimes fatal. There are still unjxplodjd miner on little-used roads. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +jathrt Main Min2P482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:19/16 14/16 MOZAMBIQUE T19/12/96) 2/3 Restrict travel to the following roads: Maputo to the Serrano Garcia boydet post with South Africa; Maputo to the Namaacha border post with Swaziland; Maputo north as far as Inhambanj; Beira/Zimbabwe (the Beira corridor); Beira/Malawi (via the Tete corridor) Travel only between 0800-1500 and, if possible, in the company of two or more vehicles. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads +eathjt Mpin MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/28 15/16 MOZAMBIQUE (19/12/96) 3/3 The World Health Organisation has reported a meningitis epidemic in Cabo Delgado province in the northern region. Seek medical advice about immunisation before travelling. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main MenuP482 CEEFAX 2 482 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/13 16/16 NAMIBIA (23/10/96) While incidents of street and car theft are generally few, they are increasing and visitors should always be vigilant. Take local advice about areas to avoid and particularly sta= awa= from the townships at night. When driving, take extra care on gravel roads which cpn bj dangerous. Malaria is denjmic in the north. Seek medical advice before leaving the US on the type of prophylaxis to be taken if you expect to visit northern areas. Travel headlines 430 Front page 100 FCO 9 News Heads Weathjt Main Menu