Africa is the continent worst affected by the travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump, with seven of the 12 countries on the list, which comes into effect on Monday.
The order prohibits people from Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia and Sudan – as well as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Haiti, Iran and Yemen – from entering the US.
In addition, there will be travel restrictions on people from Burundi, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Laos, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – they will no longer be able to travel to the US on certain visas.
“We will not allow people to enter our country who wish to do us harm,” Trump said in a video posted on X.
The US president said the list could be revised if “material improvements” were made and additional countries could also be added as “threats emerge around the world”.
The White House said these “common-sense restrictions” would “protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors”.
