Mali and Burkina Faso have announced travel restrictions on American nationals in a tit-for-tat move after the US included both African countries on a no-entry list.
In statements issued separately by both countriesâ foreign ministries and seen Wednesday by AFP, they said they were imposing âequivalent measuresâ on US citizens, after President Donald Trump expanded a travel ban to nearly 40 countries this month, based solely on nationality.
That list included Syrian citizens, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, and nationals of some of Africaâs poorest countries including also Niger, Sierra Leone and South Sudan.
The White House said it was banning foreigners who âintend to threatenâ Americans.
Burkina Fasoâs foreign ministry said in the statement that it was applying âequivalent visa measuresâ on Americans, while Mali said it was, âwith immediate effectâ, applying âthe same conditions and requirements on American nationals that the American authorities have imposed on Malian citizens entering the United Statesâ.
It voiced its âregretâ that the United States had made âsuch an important decision without the slightest prior consultationâ.
The two sub-Saharan countries, both run by military juntas, are members of a confederation that also includes Niger.
Niger has not officially announced any counter-measures to the US travel ban, but the countryâs news agency, citing a diplomatic source, said last week that such measures had been decided.
In his December 17 announcement, Trump also imposed partial travel restrictions on citizens of other African countries including the most populous, Nigeria, as well as Ivory Coast and Senegal, which qualified for the football World Cup to be played next year in the United States as well as Canada and Mexico.
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