Senegal’s ladies’s basketball crew has canceled a scheduled 10-day coaching camp in the US after a number of of the gamers on the crew have been reportedly denied visas. The crew is presently in coaching forward of the 2025 Ladies’s AfroBasket match in Côte d’Ivoire in July, in response to BBC.
The coaching cancellation over denied visas comes amid President Trump’s journey ban information; residents from 12 nations— seven in Africa—have already been banned from getting into the US. There have additionally been reviews that the Trump administration is contemplating including 36 extra nations to its journey ban checklist; 25 of the nations are in Africa. Senegal is on the checklist of nations being thought-about, although as of June 20, it has not been added to the journey ban checklist.
5 gamers and 7 officers weren’t authorised for journey into the US, together with two representatives of the federation, a physician, a physiotherapist, a steward, the overall supervisor, and the ministerial delegate. All have been refused visas by the ambassador of the US to Senegal, in response to CNN.
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko stated the crew would now prepare within the nation’s capital, Dakar, “in a sovereign and conducive setting.”
In a press release shared to Fb, PM Sonko stated, “Knowledgeable of the refusal of issuing visas to a number of members of the Senegal ladies’s nationwide basketball crew, I’ve instructed the Ministry of Sports activities to easily cancel the ten-day preparatory coaching initially deliberate in the US of America.”
A purpose for the denials was not given; the US Division of State doesn’t touch upon particular person instances of denials. Based on the leaked memo outlining the potential addition of 36 nations to the administration’s journey ban, nations could be given 60 days to deal with issues raised by the US, which embody visa overstays and never complying with deportation orders, hyperlinks to terrorism, or anti-American sentiment. In response, Senegal’s overseas minister has urged nationals to adjust to their permitted durations of keep in America.
