Women’s basketball training in the United States was canceled after refusing visas

A training camp for the Senegalese women’s basketball team in the United States, where the Prime Minister in the nation of West Africa said that he canceled this because some of the team were deprived of visas.

Prime Minister Osman Sonko said that the team will now train in the capital of Senegal, Dakar, “in a sovereign and favorable environment.”

It comes in the middle Reports that the United States is planning to impose new travel restrictions on 25 other African countriesIncluding Senegal.

Earlier this month, the United States announced Citizens were banned from 12 countries, including seven of Africa. There were also partial travel restrictions on citizens from seven other countries, with three Africa.

It is still unclear why Senegalese athletes were rejected visas, because the American embassy has not yet publicly commented on the matter.

“I was informed of the rejection of issuing visas for many members of the women’s women’s women’s basketball team. The Ministry of Sports has ordered once the preparatory training for ten days at the beginning in the United States of America.”.

Reports say that five Senegalese basketball players and 13 team officials were traveling to meet other team members and their coach who were already in the United States, to protect the 2025 ladies for the AFROBASCET Championship in Ivory Coast next month.

But their visa requests were not approved.

SENEGAL has one of the best women’s basketball teams in Africa – where it has been constantly reached for the Final Four in the AFROBASCET championships and is fragmented by the players from the best championships in the United States, Europe and Egypt.

The refusal of the visa raises eyebrows because, according to the recently leaked diplomatic cable, it contains details of the extended travel restrictions, the targeted countries have been abandoned for up to 60 days to address the concerns raised by the United States.

According to what was reported, these people who exceed their visas, lack of cooperation with deportation, or ties to terrorist attacks in the United States, or anti -Semitism, or what is called “anti -American” activity.

After the new travel restrictions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged citizens to comply with their permissible periods in the United States.

Although it did not comment directly on the inclusion of the potential Senegal in the list of the last banned countries, the government statement confirmed that diplomatic and consular services are working in close cooperation with the American administration.

Meanwhile, Nigerian Foreign Minister Youssef Tujjar said that the expanded travel ban can hinder possible energy and rare ground metal deals that West African countries can provide to the United States.

The Trump administration insists on national security concerns, and the high visa rate of some countries must be addressed.