Britons Put on Terror Alert in Tanzania

The Foreign Office today warned British holidaymakers to take particular care in public places when travelling to Tanzania, after receiving information that terrorists were planning an attack on the island of Zanzibar.

The Foreign Office refused to give specific details of the threat. Their updated travel advice on the East African country reads: "We believe that Tanzania, including Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, is one of a number of countries in East Africa and the Horn of Africa where there may be an increased terrorist threat.

"We have received information that an international terrorist group may be planning an attack on the island of Zanzibar.

"British nationals in Tanzania, and especially in Zanzibar, should be vigilant, particularly in public places frequented by foreigners such as hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, markets, bars and nightclubs.".

The Foreign Office does not advise Britons to leave the country, and assesses most visits to Tanzania as trouble free

In neighbouring Kenya, 15 people died in a bomb attack on a hotel near Mombasa on 28 November. Terrorists made an unsuccessful attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter plane on the same day.