ZAMBOANGA CITY: The United States Department has warned American citizens to avoid travelling in the southern Philippines due to terrorism and strife, and threats of kidnappings.

It said US citizens should continue to defer unnecessary travel to the region and said over the past nine months, there have been kidnappings and attempted kidnappings of foreigners in Sabah, Malaysia and in the southern Philippine sea by terrorist or insurgent groups.

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