Prime Minister Seo Africa was abandoned a training camp for the Senegal Women’s Basketball Team in the United States.
OUSMANE SONKO said the team will now train in the “sovereign and beneficial environment” in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
The United States has reported that it plans to impose new travel restrictions on more than 25 African countries, including Senegal.
Earlier this month, the United States announced a ban on citizens in 12 countries, including seven in Africa. There was also a partial travel restriction on people in seven countries with three countries from Africa.
It is not clear why the Senegal athletes refused the visa because the US Embassy has not yet mentioned this issue yet.
Sonko said in a statement shared with social media on Thursday, “I ordered several members of the Senegal Women’s Basketball Team to simply cancel the first 10 -day preparation training for the Sports Department for the refusal to issue a visa.”
According to the report, five Senegal basketball players and 13 team members are already traveling to meet coaches with other squad members in the United States, and warm up for 2025 women Afro -Korea at the Ivory Coast next month.
But the visa application was not approved.
Senegal has one of Africa’s best women’s basketball teams. Afrobasket Tournament reaches four finals and boasts players in the best leagues in the United States, Europe and Egypt.
Visa refugees are raising eyebrows because they have been abandoned for up to 60 days to solve the concerns raised by the United States, according to a diplomatic cable that includes details on the recent travel restrictions.
It is known to be called people who stay in visa excessively, lack of cooperation with deportation, connection with the US terrorist attacks, anti -Semitism or “anti -American” activity.
According to the new travel restrictions reported, Senegal’s Foreign Ministry urged the public to comply with the period allowed in the United States.
Although not directly mentioned the possibility of Senegal in the latest list of limited countries, the government’s statement emphasized that diplomacy and consular services are working hard to cooperate with the US administration.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s YusSuf Tuggar Minister of Foreign Affairs said that the expanded travel ban could interfere with possible energy and rare earth minerals that African countries could provide to the United States.
The Trump administration must argue for national security issues and deal with high visas in some countries.
