{"id":2381,"date":"2006-10-28T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T09:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2006\/10\/28\/being-careful-zambia-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T11:35:04","slug":"being-careful-zambia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/being-careful-zambia-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Being Careful: Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/foreign-travel-advice\/zimbabwe\"> British Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/a> advise against all but essential travel to parts of the north western Copperbelt, Central and Luapula provinces, which are close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly after dark. There are continuing reports of armed cross-border raids from the DRC. 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