From Fox News: Two West African nations have issued a simultaneous ban on American citizens in a diplomatic tit-for-tat move, amidst heightened tensions with both the United States and Europe, and as Russia seeks to increase its economic and geopolitical influence in the region.
Mali and Burkina Faso made the move in response to the Trump administration’s Dec. 16 expansion of travel restrictions to more than 20 countries. The policy particularly affected the African continent, with Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan also being subject to travel restrictions.
The Trump administration cited the persistence of armed attacks in both nations as part of the rationale for its decision.
The report further explains: Burkina Faso and Mali are both currently ruled by military juntas that came to power amidst rising violence and instability, as both nations came under attack from Islamist terrorist groups.
The two countries retaliated by announcing they are applying the same restrictions against U.S. citizens to their countries, although it is presumed there’s NOT a long line of Americans seeking to travel to those countries.
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You might have to change your travel plans folks if you were planning a trip to these 2 African nations that nobody has ever heard of!
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