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Burkina Faso and Mali ban US nationals in retaliation to Trump’s visa decision

Person pressed against the Burkina Faso flag.
Burkina Faso is one of the countries Donald Trump has banned its citizens from entering the US. Photograph: Theo Renaut/AP

Mali and Burkina Faso said they would ban US citizens from entering their countries in retaliation for Donald Trump’s decision to ban Malian and Burkinabe citizens from entering the US.

The announcements, made on Tuesday in separate statements by the foreign ministers of the two west African countries, marked the latest twist in the frosty relationship between west African military governments and the US.

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