travel advisory Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/travel-advisory/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 travel advisory Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/travel-advisory/ 32 32 Canada’s dilemma about withholding aid to protest homophobia in Tanzania https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/canadas-dilemma-about-withholding-aid-to-protest-homophobia-in-tanzania/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/11/canadas-dilemma-about-withholding-aid-to-protest-homophobia-in-tanzania/ Canada’s at the horns of a dilemma about joining other countries in cutting  aid to Tanzania to express concern about President John Magafuli’s authoritarian and homophobic policies. Ottawa’s International Development Minister  says she’s afraid that taking such punitive action will hurt innocent people. Tanzanian President John Magafuli’s crackdown on homosexuals has caused the EU to […]

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]]> Canada’s at the horns of a dilemma about joining other countries in cutting  aid to Tanzania to express concern about President John Magafuli’s authoritarian and homophobic policies.

Ottawa’s International Development Minister  says she’s afraid that taking such punitive action will hurt innocent people.

Tanzanian President John Magafuli’s crackdown on homosexuals has caused the EU to withdraw its ambassador to Dar es Salaam and review its $88m aid package to the East African country.

Denmark’s withholding $10 million from Tanzania and Washington has issued a travel advisory warning  of homophobia there.

Canada’s aid minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says her country’s involved in health and education projects in Tanzania she believes are making a difference.

A quarter of Canada’s aid to Tanzania goes directly to government. Most of  of the $90m directed there this year is going to multilateral projects and non governmental bodies.

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]]> US warns its citizens to quit Libya https://jjcornish.com/2014/05/us-warns-citizens-quit-libya/ Tue, 27 May 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/05/us-warns-citizens-quit-libya/ The United States is warning all its citizens in Libya to leave that country immediately. It’s also warning against travel to Libya saying the situation there’s too unstable to guarantee security. Ends intro Washington’s saying due to security and limited staffing of its missions in Libya is cannot do more than offer emergency services there. […]

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]]> The United States is warning all its citizens in Libya to leave that country immediately.

It’s also warning against travel to Libya saying the situation there’s too unstable to guarantee security.

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Washington’s saying due to security and limited staffing of its missions in Libya is cannot do more than offer emergency services there.

It’s not planning to evacuate diplomatic staff.

Although it’s calling the Libyan situation unpredictable and unstable.

Adding that various groups have called for action against US citizens and American interests in Libya.

Its calling on US citizens there to exercise extreme caution and to leave immediately.

Six months ago the US State Department warned against all but essential travel to Libya and said Americans should not venture outside the capital Tripoli.

 

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