Posted on 12/31/2025 7:33:48 AM PST by dynachrome
Mali and Burkina Faso have said they are imposing a travel ban on US citizens in response to an equivalent measure announced by the Trump administration earlier this month.
In separate statements issued by their foreign ministries late on Tuesday, the two West African countries said they were acting in the name of “reciprocity” after the White House announced on December 16 that US President Donald Trump was adding them and five other countries to a list of those subject to a full travel ban.
The White House said the expanded ban, set to take effect on January 1, applied to “countries with demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing to protect the Nation from national security and public safety threats”.
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This is really going to hurt their booming travel industry. /sarcasm
Dang! Now where will I get my third world gastrointestinal diseases?............

This reminds me of the naacp calling for a boycott of Florida a couple of years ago......they’re too damned dumb to realize they’re doing us a favor. LOL!
I guess I will have to cross these two countries off my foreign travel bucket list.
Lol.
Gee, and only yesterday I finalized plans to visit Timbuktu.
Wow, guess I will have to change my travel plans for July. Stay away from these 2 countires AND Chicago and Minneapolis.
Yes, indeed. 🤣
I’ve had my eye on the Mog…garden spot of the Horn of Africa!
It was a great move by Trump to put travel bans in place.
Too many people from 3rd world and EUROPE were coming to USA on TOURIST VISAS and then NOT RETURNING.
Yeah, no spring break in Burkina Faso this year…
Well, drat! I was just getting ready to go there to celebrate New Years!
“There goes my tour of sh*thole countries.”
Don’t worry. There are plenty of European countries fast approaching sh*thole status.
Mmmmm…OK.
Yup! Guess I’ll have to go to lake tahoe instead. 🤔😊👍
i hope i can get a refund for my flight to Ouagadougou ...
is Togo still an option?
I traveled on Ethiopian Airlines a few years back. They were advertising vacations in Mogadishu. Never got around to it.
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