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Browsing: US ban
- Nationals of seven African countries banned from US entry.
- Three other African countries placed on temporary ban.
- Trump cites terror threats from these countries.
US entry ban: Seven African countries have been banned entry to the US and three others face partial restrictions. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday night banning nationals from 12 countries from traveling to the US.
Of the 12 countries, seven are from Africa. Making the announcement, Trump said their is need to protect the US from “foreign terrorists and other national security and public safety threats.”
The travel ban, which will take effect at 12:01a.m. on June 9, effectively restricts the entry of nationals from Afghanistan, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
In the same vein, people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela face …