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Senegal Women’s Basketball Team Cancels US Training Camp After some Players Have Visas Denied
- Senegal's women’s basketball team canceled a planned 10-day training camp in the United States after several players were denied visas.
- Five players and seven officials were denied travel into the United States by the U.S. ambassador to Senegal.
- Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko directed the Ministry of Sports to cancel the training after being informed of the refusals.
- The U.S. Department of State does not comment on individual visa denial cases, and no reason was provided for the refusals.
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Senegalese women’s basketball players denied U.S. visas amid Trump-era travel fears, forcing team to cancel training trip
Five players and seven officials were denied visas by the Ambassador of the United States in Senegal; no reason was given for the denials.
The women basketball players from Senegal are among the best in Africa. Now a training camp was planned in the USA, but this has prevented the US government from doing so. Is this a foretaste of upcoming major events?
Senegal women’s basketball team cancels US training camp after some players have visas denied
The Senegal women’s basketball team has had to cancel a training camp it had scheduled in the United States after some members of its squad had their visas denied, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday.
This case comes at a time when Washington, which has prohibited access to its territory to nationals of 12 countries, including seven in Africa, is considering extending its travel ban to 36 additional countries, including Senegal.
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