After President Donald Trump expanded the travel ban he put in place during his first term in the White House to 20 more countries and the Palestinian Authority last December, at least three other nations responded in turn with visa bans for Americans.

On Dec. 26, the West African nation of Niger announced that it was “completely and permanently prohibiting the issuance of visas to all U.S. citizens and indefinitely banning entry to its territory for nationals of the United States.”

After it was included in the list of countries whose citizens are completely banned from entering the U.S. last June, the government of Chad similarly announced that it was acting upon “principles of reciprocity and suspend[ing] the granting of visas to citizens of the United States of America.”

As of January 2026, 39 countries now face either a full travel ban or restrictions on various types of visas for entering the United States.

Burkina Faso and Mali both ban travel from the U.S.

The latest country to respond is the West African nation of Burkina Faso. A landlocked nation sharing borders with six other countries, Burkina Faso announced that it had put in place “equivalent visa measures to citizens of the United States of America.”

While this currently means a full ban on visas necessary to enter the country, Burkina Faso said it “remains committed to mutual respect, the sovereign equality of States, and the principle of reciprocity in its international relations.”

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Due to a decades-old history of war coupled with political violence, Western travel into Burkina Faso remains very low; the U.S. State Department currently keeps it at a level four “do not travel” advisory over “organizations [that] continue to plan and conduct terrorist activities.”

The latter, along with a high visa overstay rate, were named by the Trump administration as the primary justification for the travel ban.

Mali is one of the African countries that responded to Trump’s travel ban with reciprocal measures.

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“The same conditions and requirements as those imposed by the American authorities”

Sharing a southwestern border with Burkina Faso, Mali has also put in place a reciprocal ban on American travel.

The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation released a statement saying that any U.S. citizens will be subject to “the same conditions and requirements as those imposed by the American authorities on Malian citizens entering the United States.”

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Together with Chad and Niger, a total of four African countries have now implemented travel bans on Americans, while others placed on the list have responded with less drastic expressions of disappointment.

Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne issued a statement saying the Caribbean country’s government was “deeply disappointed,” given that President Trump’s accusation of loose rules for granting citizenship by investment “does not reflect the present reality of our laws.”

Fellow East Caribbean island Dominica also said it was talking to the U.S. Embassy “with the utmost seriousness and urgency” for clarification on why its country was included among nations banned from applying for all student and business visas.

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