FCO update and new advice not to travel within 30k of Somali border.

We advise against all but essential travel to within 30 kilometres of the border with Somalia. There remains a high threat of clashes between the Kenyan military and armed Somali groups along the border. There have been recent attacks on the border town of Mandera by Somali militias. In November 2008 armed groups based in Somalia crossed into Kenya near the town of El Wak and kidnapped two Western nuns. It is not known why the nuns were targeted. Any travel to remote areas or border regions could put you at risk of being the target of attacks or kidnappings.