Bold move to keep Americans safe from ‘terrorists’ is basis for US travel ban for some African nations

President Donald Trump’s restrictions connected question from 10 African countries are being praised by analysts for improving U.S. information internationally and domestically.

The president said connected X the question prohibition was being introduced aft a panic onslaught against a pro-Israel radical advocating for Hamas to merchandise Israeli hostages successful Boulder, Colorado, past weekend, allegedly by an Egyptian antheral who had overstayed his visa.

In a White House information sheet, Trump said, "We volition reconstruct the question ban, immoderate radical telephone it the Trump question ban, and support the extremist Islamic terrorists retired of our country."

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President Donald Trump gestures to the assemblage astatine the Conservative Political Action Conference astatine the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Feb. 22, 2025, successful Oxon Hill, Md.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

This constituent was backed by the State Department’s main lawman spokesperson, Tommy Pigott. In a briefing Thursday, Pigott said, "This is simply a nationalist information imperative".

But observers judge determination is an external, planetary reason. 

"Most, if not all, of the African countries were added to this database either due to the fact that of utmost instability and frankincense violent havens oregon due to the fact that relations betwixt them and the U.S. is either highly mediocre oregon non-existent," Bill Roggio, elder chap astatine the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and exertion of FDD's Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital. 

"For instance, the U.S. has been historically hard connected Eritrea for its quality rights abuses and besides alleged enactment for terrorism. While successful Chad, its subject authorities kicked the U.S. subject retired of its territory past year, further hurting the U.S. subject posture successful Africa."

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Some of the restricted African countries listed beneath airs important imaginable information concerns for the U.S.

In this Feb. 17, 2011, record photo, hundreds of recently trained al-Shabaab fighters execute subject exercises successful an country southbound of Mogadishu, Somalia.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

SOMALIA 

The world’s 2 main Islamist panic groups, ISIS and al Qaeda, represented present by Al-Shabaab, some run openly successful Somalia. The White House described it this week as "a violent harmless haven." 

A briefing enactment accompanying the question prohibition declared, "A persistent violent menace emanates from Somalia's territory. Somalia besides remains a destination for individuals attempting to articulation terrorist groups that endanger the nationalist information of the United States."  

The U.S. Africa Command mounted 5 aerial attacks against operators from some groups successful conscionable the 12 days up to June 2. 

LIBYA 

Fighting and consequent piles of bodies successful the streets person been reported successful the past period successful Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The U.N.’s Support Mission successful Libya precocious posted connected X that the concern could "spiral retired of control."

"The humanities violent beingness wrong Libya's territory amplifies the risks posed by the introduction into the United States of its nationals," the White House enactment states, adding U.S. borderline officials can’t decently vet Libyans due to the fact that "there is nary competent oregon cooperative cardinal authorization for issuing passports oregon civilian documents successful Libya."

SUDAN 

Fighters of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a Sudanese rebel radical progressive successful Sudan's Darfur State that supports service Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, be a graduation ceremonial successful the southeastern Gedaref authorities March 28, 2024. (Getty Images)

The U.S. has already imposed sanctions against the leaders of some parties progressive successful a two-year civilian warfare that has reportedly killed 150,000 and displaced 12 million. The U.S. claims up to 28% of Sudanese overstay their visas.

ERITREA 

The transgression records of Eritreans are not disposable for inspection by U.S. officials. With an overstay complaint of up to 55%, the White House besides reported that "Eritrea has historically refused to judge backmost its removable nationals."   

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CHAD 

The West African state is causing interest successful Washington arsenic it deepens relations with Russia. Chad President Idriss Deby went to Moscow past twelvemonth for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kremlin Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was past warmly welcomed successful Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, for a reciprocal visit. Russia’s shadowy Wagner backstage mercenary group's value successful the state is being questioned aft 3 of its members were arrested successful September and sent backmost to Moscow. 

In this excavation photograph distributed by Russian state-owned bureau Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chad's Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow Jan. 24, 2024.  (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Banning nationals this week, the U.S. said Chad has had a visa overstay complaint of up to 55%. In Chad, President Deby responded by saying, "I person instructed the authorities to enactment successful accordance with the principles of reciprocity and suspend the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens."

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

People from this West African state person reportedly overstayed their F, M and J visas by up to 70%.

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 

Depending connected the visa category, up to 35% of citizens successful the U.S. are reported to person overstayed their visas.

Overstaying is the main contented for the different African countries whose nationals are partially restricted and present person lone constricted introduction into the U.S.

SIERRA LEONE 

Has an overstay complaint of up to 35%, and, the White House says, "has historically failed to judge backmost its removable nationals."

Libyan protesters stitchery successful Tripoli's Martyrs Square to telephone for the resignation of the nationalist unity authorities May 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

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TOGO 

Togo suffers from mediocre governance, nepotism and wide corruption, which reportedly goes each the mode to the president’s office. Over 50% of the colonisation lives beneath what’s regarded arsenic the planetary poorness line. Togo’s nationals person an overstay complaint of up to 35% successful the U.S.

BURUNDI 

Burundi vies with South Sudan for the dubious rubric of poorest state successful the world. Yet soaring ostentation has caused a devastating emergence successful nutrient prices. A erstwhile rebel radical has led the state for 2 decades successful an clime of governmental unrest and alleged repression. Burundi’s citizens person an overstay complaint of up to 17% successful the U.S.