Update on Threats to Churches in Nigeria

On 29 June 2012 the U.S. Embassy in Abuja issued the following Security Message:"Beginning Friday, June 29 through July 1, all U.S. government personnel in Abuja are restricted from going to places of … [Read more...]

Urgent US Embassy Action in Nigeria

On 29 June 2012 the U.S. Embassy in Abuja issued the following Security Message:"Beginning Friday, June 29 through July 1, all U.S. government personnel in Abuja are restricted from going to places of … [Read more...]

Aid Workers Kidnapped from Kenya’s Dadaab IDP Camp

In what may have been an attempt to kidnap the General Secretary of the Norwegian Refugee Council, an aid convoy was attacked at the Dadaab IDP camp along the Kenya-Somalia border on 29 June, … [Read more...]

Embassy Emergency Message: Abuja, Nigeria

On 23 June 2012 the U.S. Embassy in Abuja issued the following Emergency Message: “In light of recent security warnings, continued states of emergency and curfews in the North, and the overnight (June … [Read more...]

State Department Emergency Message re: Mombasa, Kenya

On June 22, 2012 the US Embassy in Kenya issued the following Emergency Message: "This is to alert all U.S. citizens in Kenya, or planning to travel to Kenya in the near future, that the U.S. … [Read more...]