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Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to The Gambia

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Nearly 1,000 British tourists will be flown back from Gambia by holioday company Thomas Cook after the Foreign Office changed its travel advice because of political unrest in the west African country.

The tour operator is implementing contingency plans, with an additional programme of flights from the capital Banjul on Wednesday to bring 985 package holiday customers back to Britain.

A spokesman said it has an additional 2,500 "flight-only" customers in Gambia who it is contacting to offer the earliest flight back to the UK.

The Telegraph

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advise against all but essential travel to The Gambia due to ongoing political uncertainty and potential military intervention following the Presidential elections on 1 December 2016. If you’re currently in The Gambia you should leave by commercial means if you have no essential need to remain......

FCO Travel Advice - The Gambia
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