Trump administration to expand travel ban on 36 more countries including Ghana

Trump administration to develop journey ban on 36 extra international locations together with Ghana

Ghana will quickly be on a listing of extra 36 international locations banned from travelling to the US by the Trump administration, in keeping with the Washington Submit citing an inside memo.

In response to the report, the memo signed by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and despatched to US diplomats at this time, Saturday June 14, 2025 says the governments of the international locations on the listing have 60 days to fulfill Division of State necessities.

Two weeks in the past Trump signed an order which restricts the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from getting into the US.

Nationals from one other seven international locations – Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela – will face partial journey restrictions.

President Trump stated the list may very well be revised if “materials enhancements” have been made, whereas different international locations may very well be added as “threats emerge world wide”.

In response to the memo, the State Division alleged that a few of the countries mentioned haven’t met numerous benchmarks, comparable to “no competent or cooperative central authorities authority” to supply dependable identification paperwork or numerous residents who’ve violated the phrases of their visas.

The total listing of nations embody: Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Côte d’Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; Gambia; Nigeria; Ghana; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

By Emmanuel Okay Dogbevi

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