UK relaxes Kenya travel warning

The Foreign Office advises Britons to avoid travelling to areas of the Kenyan coast, after militant attacks left at least 87 people dead.

The UK government revises its travel advice for Nairobi in Kenya, removing earlier cautions about travel to township or slum areas.

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Kenya's interior minister admits security officers ignored intelligence reports prior to the deadly attack on Garissa's university earlier this month.

Kenya's police chief warns universities not to carry out security drills without his approval after a woman died in an exercise which went wrong.

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Some 400 British holidaymakers have returned to the UK from Kenya, as 10 people are killed by two explosions which hit the capital Nairobi.

British billionaire Richard Branson has slammed foreign governments for issuing travel advisories against Kenya, saying they create a wrong impression about the country and risk destroying its economy.