SOMALIA

Passport and/or Visa Requirements: Passport and Visa required.

Travel Warnings, Advisories and Areas of Instability: Looting, banditry, and all forms of violent crime are common. While inter-clan conflicts have subsided in some areas of the country, skirmishes continue in Mogadishu, the Baidoa area, the lower Shabelle region, the Juba Valley north of Kismayo, and parts of the northwest.

Medical Information: There are virtually no health facilities or medicines available in Somalia. Travelers must be completely self-sufficient. Electricity, water, food and lodging are unobtainable on a regular basis in most parts of Somalia. Information on health matters may be obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's international travelers hotline at (404) 332-4559, Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/.

Registration: U.S. citizens who plan to enter Somalia are encouraged to register at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, at the intersection of Moi and Haile Selassie Avenues, telephone (254-2) 334141. The mailing address is P.O. Box 30137, or Unit 64100, APO AE 09831, USA. Travelers to northwest Somalia may also register at the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti at Plateau du Serpent, Blvd Marechal Joffre. The telephone is (253) 35-39-95 and the mailing address is P.O. Box 185, Djibouti.