ABIDJAN
\nMali 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.
\nIn statements issued separately by both countries\u2019 foreign ministries and seen Wednesday by media , they said they were imposing \u201cequivalent measures\u201d on US citizens, after President Donald Trump expanded a travel ban to nearly 40 countries this month, based solely on nationality.
\nThat list included Syrian citizens, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, and nationals of some of Africa\u2019s poorest countries including also Niger, Sierra Leone and South Sudan.The White House said it was banning foreigners who \u201cintend to threaten\u201d Americans.
\nBurkina Faso\u2019s foreign ministry said in the statement that it was applying \u201cequivalent visa measures\u201d on Americans, while Mali said it was, \u201cwith immediate effect,\u201d applying \u201cthe same conditions and requirements on American nationals that the American authorities have imposed on Malian citizens entering the United States.\u201d
\nIt voiced its \u201cregret\u201d that the United States had made \u201csuch an important decision without the slightest prior consultation.\u201d
\nThe two sub-Saharan countries, both run by military juntas, are members of a confederation that also includes Niger.
\nNiger has not officially announced any counter-measures to the US travel ban, but the country\u2019s news agency, citing a diplomatic source, said last week that such measures had been decided.
\nIn 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ABIDJAN 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 countries\u2019 foreign ministries and seen Wednesday by media , they said they were imposing \u201cequivalent measures\u201d on US citizens, after President Donald […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-523094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n