Senegal Women’s training training in US canceled after visas were rejected

The Session of Training for the Senegal Women’s Basketball team was abolished, and the Prime Minister of West African Nations said he canceled him because some of us were denied.

Prime Minister Ousman Sonko said the team will now train in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, “in a sovereign and convenient environment.”

Comes in the middle of Reports that the United States plans to impose fresh travel restrictions on another 25 African countriesincluding senegal.

Earlier this month they announced the US Prohibition of citizens from 12 countries, including seven of Africa. There were partial restrictions on the trips to citizens since further seven countries, with three of Africa.

It remains unclear why the senegal athletes are denied visas, because the American Embassy has yet to publicly comment on that issue.

“Informed about refusing visas on several members of Senegal women to national basketball workers, in originally, he ordered the Ministry of Sports on Thursday,” Sonko said on Thursday, Sonko in Fridays in Enits.

The reports say that five Senegal basketball players and 13 teams of officials traveled to the other members of the composition and their coach who was already in the United States, to warm up for the female Afrobasket tournament in the shore of Ivory.

But their visa applications are not approved.

Senegal has one of the best female basketball teams in Africa – consistently reaching the final four in Afrobasket tournaments and boasting players from the best leagues in the United States, Europe and Egypt.

Rejecting visas raised eyebrows because, according to a recently leaked diplomatic cable, which contain details of extended travel restrictions, targeted countries have been given up to 60 days to deal with the concern they set up now.

They allegedly include people who have exaggerated their visas, lack of cooperation with deportations, ties for terrorist attacks in the United States, anti-Semitism or anti-American activity.

After registered new restrictions on travel, the Senegal Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on citizens to adhere to their permitted US residence periods.

Although he did not directly comment on Senegal’s possible inclusion on the last list of limited countries, the Government Statement emphasized that diplomatic and consular services worked in close cooperation with the American administration.

Meanwhile, Nigerian Foreign Minister Iussuf Tuggar said that expanded travel ban could interfere with possible energy and rare countries in the country that West Africa countries can offer now.

The Trump administration insists that the national security security is also high-transfer rate from some countries.