US Administration Travel ban hits Somalia and other African Countries..

US Administration on Wednesday imposed a complete travel ban on nationals of 12 countries, while those from seven more face restrictions and have been put in place for nationals of seven more Countries, and the President Trump said the measures would help to “protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors”…

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, 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.

It is set to come into effect on Monday, In addition, there will be travel restrictions on nationals of Burundi, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cuba, Laos, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – they will no longer be able to travel to the US on certain visas.

The White House said these “common-sense restrictions” would “protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors”, Somalia was quick to react to the travel ban, immediately pledging to work with the US to address any security issues, In a statement, Somali ambassador to the US, Dahir Hassan Abdi, said his country “values its longstanding relationship” with America.

Chad did not disguise its dismay, and in addition to the president’s stern words, its Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul told the AFP news agency his government was “surprised by this announcement and even more by the terrorism-related reason [which] completely disregards Chad’s commitment and results in this area”.

The African Union said it was “concerned about the potential negative impact” of the measures and called on the US to adopt “a more consultative approach… with the countries concerned”, The other African countries affected had high rates of people overstaying their visas, ranging from 15% in Togo to 70% for some types of visa for nationals of Equatorial Guinea.