High Risk – substantial potential of physical harm, likely additional travel/operational disruptions; avoid nonessential travel to the area.
- Armed Conflict:
- The country is frequently affected by armed conflict. Armed separatist groups pose a threat to territorial integrity.
- Likely risk of being directly or indirectly impacted by armed conflict in parts or all the country.
- Civil Unrest:
- Civil unrest often leads to violence (use of non-lethal forcible dispersal measures/ Molotov Cocktails)
- Likely risk of being directly or indirectly impacted by acts of civil unrest in parts or all the country
- Crime:
- Crime poses a physical threat (frequent violence, recurring armed robberies), crime levels are high.
- Likely risk of being directly or indirectly affected by criminal incidents in parts or all the country.
- Health:
- Health infrastructure level is poor. Substandard medical services in at least most of the country Reported cases of life-threatening diseases.
- Likely risk of being affected by serious disease.
- Kidnap and Ransom:
- Kidnap widespread. Evidence of complicity by state actors. Abductees are likely to sustain physical harm or be killed.
- Likely risk of being kidnapped and held for ransom.
- Militancy and Terrorism:
- Terrorism and militant attacks occur frequently, and sometimes manifest as large-scale attacks.
- Likely risk of being directly or indirectly affected by a militant attack in parts of the country or all the entire country.
- Political:
- Aggressive elections/ political changes, dissolvement of the government do occur. There is a potential for direct/indirect physical threats (riots, large scale demonstrations).
- Likely risk of significant political changes that would affect operations in the country.
- Weather and Natural Hazards:
- There are frequent natural hazards which impact the infrastructure and cause a few casualties per year.
- Likely risk of being directly or indirectly affected by natural incident in the country.
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