According to the British Foreign Office, plenty of African countries are completely safe to visit, so travellers shouldn't write off the continent entirely.
Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 71 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to security issues, health risks and legal differences with the UK.
British tourists are being told not to travel to 11 countries in total ... Nine new additions to the Foreign Office's red list are Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon, Mozambique ...
It will continue to advise against all but essential travel for all red list countries where the risk to British nationals is deemed to be "unacceptably high". Amber list scrapped as travel rules ...
Which countries are on the green list? What are my refund rights for ... its conviction that this summer it will be possible for British citizens to spend their holidays in Spain" and it predicts ...