The Trump administration is poised to add several African countries, including Nigeria, to a US travel ban list. Under the current travel ban, citizens of Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, plus some Venezuelan officials and their relatives are blocked from US visa programs. Nigeria had no warning from Washington that it could be added to the list, information minister Lai Mohammed said on Monday. “Nigeria has done very well in the area of fighting terrorism,” Mohammed told Reuters, adding that Washington helps drive militant groups, such as the Islamic State, out of Nigeria. Nigeria is Washington’s second largest African trading partner and the US is the largest foreign investor in Nigeria, according to USTR and State Department briefs.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 28, 2020 17:37 UTC