By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
US President Donald Trump has banned the nationals of twelve countries from traveling to the United States. The majority of countries whose citizens are in the list of nationals banned from traveling to U.S are from African countries.
Only 5 out of the twelve in the list of countries banned from U.S are not from Africa. The African countries in the list include Chad, Libya, Somalia, Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Sudan, and Equatorial Guinea. The remaining countries are Afghanistan, Haiti, Yemen, Myanmar, and Iran.
“I have determined to partially restrict and limit the entry of nationals of the following 7 countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
These restrictions distinguish between, but apply to both, the entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants,” President Trump said in an executive proclamation that was released by the White House.
According to the White House, the ban will take effect at 12:01am on June 9, 2025.
“The list is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made. And likewise new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world, but we will not allow people to enter our country who wish to do us harm and nothing will stop us from keeping America safe,” President Trump added in a video that was shared on Wednesday.
At the same time, the United States has placed seven other countries on restrictions for travel to the US. These countries include Burundi, Togo, Sierra Leone, Venezuela, Laos, Cuba, and Turkmenistan.
“President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm.
These commonsense restrictions are country-specific and include places that lack proper vetting, exhibit high visa overstay rates, or fail to share identity and threat information,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson commented in a post that was published on X (formerly Twitter).