Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Kidnap Warning to Westerners in East Africa

On 28 September, the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi issued a Warden Message regarding a threat of kidnapping on Kiwayu Island. The message reads as follows: “U.S. Embassy Nairobi has received information that extremists in southern Somalia may be planning kidnapping operations inside of Kenya. There are indications that extremists based in Somalia may be planning to target Westerners, especially American citizens, in the Kiwayu Island tourist area and other beach sites frequented by Western travelers on the northeast coast near Somalia. All U.S. citizens in these areas should exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant at all times.

A full-day kidnap awareness, risk reduction and response workshop is one of the modules that David is delivering in-house to a major oil and gas company in the Russian Far East, as part of a two-week programme of courses and workshops, in which the client has “picked and mixed” elements from ARC’s standard courses in order to meet its specific requirements.

To discuss your requirement contact David.