Mali and Burkina Faso have announced travel restrictions on American nationals in a tit-for-tat move after the United States included both African countries on a no-entry list.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has long campaigned to restrict immigration, expanded a travel ban earlier this month by barring people from seven more countries.
The list included Syrian citizens, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, and nationals of some of Africa’s poorest countries, including also Niger, Sierra Leone and South Sudan.
Burkina Faso’s foreign ministry said in the statement that it was applying “equivalent visa measures” on Americans. Mali said it was, “with immediate effect.” ref: AFP
