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Senegal women’s basketball team denied US visas, prime minister says
The Independent
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June 21, 2025
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For Senegal women's basketball team, show goes on without US visas
RTL Today
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Members of the Senegal women's national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as the scuffing noise of their trainers echoed across the empty arena. Originally slated to train in the United States this...
Senegal women’s basketball team cancels US trip after visas are rejected
Straight Arrow News
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[CHRIS FRANCIS] THE SENEGAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A BIG SUMMER TRIP PLANNED TO TRAIN IN THE UNITED STATES BUT THE TEAM SAYS, BECAUSE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, IT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE TEAM HAD PLANNED A 10-DAY...
2025 Africa Seniors Beach Volleyball championship opens in Morocco
Ghana News Agency
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June 26, 2025
Accra, June 26, GNA – Over 25 countries have gathered at Martil, Morocco for the 2025 Africa Seniors Beach Volleyball Championships. The Championships, which is scheduled for June 23-30, is serving as the qualifiers for the 2025 World Cup in...
Come SAEL away: SAEL to Senegal program connects students on different continents
The Union - California
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Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning is reaching out and is holding true to its name, offering a program that connects students of its Nevada City school to similar aged people all the way in Senegal. Since 2023, the school has been...
Senegalese women’s basketball players denied U.S. visas amid Trump-era travel fears, forcing team to cancel training trip
TheGrio
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June 20, 2025
Five players and seven officials were denied visas by the Ambassador of the United States in Senegal; no reason was given for the denials. Senegal’s women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled 10-day training camp in the United States after...
Senegal women’s basketball team members denied US visas, prime minister says
Medicine Hat News
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June 20, 2025
By Canadian Press on June 20, 2025. The Senegalese women’s basketball team has scrapped plans to train in the U.S. for the upcoming AfroBasket tournament in the Ivory Coast next month after several players and team officials had their visas...
For Senegal women's basketball team, show goes …
Fort Bend Herald - Texas
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Members of the Senegal women's national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as the scuffing noise of their trainers echoed across the empty arena. Originally slated to train in the United States this...
Senegal’s women’s basketball team becomes first sports casualty of Trump’s visa ban
Business Insider Africa
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June 20, 2025
The visa ban come amid the rollout of a broader immigration policy by the Trump administration, which is reportedly considering restrictions on up to 36 additional countries, many of them in Africa, including Senegal, whose female basketball team...
Senegal women’s basketball team cancels US training camp after some players have visas denied
CNN
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June 20, 2025
CNN — 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. Senegalese Prime Minister...
More Than an Expo
Beijing Review
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The 2025 (China) Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo opens in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 26 (LI FANGFANG) For Iranian businessman Behzad Nouri, his first trip to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, one of...
Connect, protect and coexist: key terms at the Africa-Spain Summit 2025
Atalayar
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July 8, 2025
Madrid hosted the Africa-Spain Summit 2025 between 6 and 8 July. The summit was organised by One Africa Forums to further strengthen collaboration at all levels between Africa and Spain. One Africa Forums is an organisation that creates economic...
Evans Kojo Yeboah named Chef de Mission for Youth Olympic Games in Senegal
Joy FM
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June 25, 2025
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has announced the President of the Badminton Association of Ghana, Evans Kojo Yeboah, as the Chef de Mission for the Youth Olympic Games. Yeboah, who is also the Treasurer of GOC, will be responsible for leading...
The unique visa hurdles NBA draft prospect Khaman Maluach will face when traveling for road trips
WKBT - Wisconsin
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(CNN) — When the US State Department announced on April 5 that it would be revoking all existing visas for South Sudanese citizens, it threw into uncertainty the lives of every national living in the United States. One of those citizens is...
Cook Islands qualifies for 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Beach Handball
Cook Island News
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June 24, 2025
Cook Islands men’s beach handball team has officially qualified for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, following a determined showing at the 3rd IHF Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championship in Hammamet, Tunisia. SUPPLIED/25062303 History was made...
ibis Styles Dakar Opens as the Trendy New Address in the Heart of the Senegalese Capital
Hospitality Net
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June 24, 2025
Dakar's hotel scene welcomes a playful new personality with the debut of ibis Styles Dakar, a boldly reimagined address that brings design-forward hospitality to the heart of Senegal's capital. Following the transformation of the former ibis...
Valor Hospitality signs two contracts in Nigeria, Senegal
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality June 2025 192 Valor Hospitality Partners, a global leader in full-service hospitality solutions, has announced the signing of two new hotel management contracts in Nigeria and Senegal. Valor Hospitality Partners, a...
Trump administration targets majority Black nations with travel ban threat
Defender Network - Texas
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June 24, 2025
The Trump administration issued a sweeping demand to 36 countries. Other nations are being told to improve how they screen and document travelers or risk being added to the United States travel ban list. The State Department gave embassies and...
Travel Ban Expansion: Trump Admin Weighs 36 More Countries
Africa.com
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June 16, 2025
The Trump administration is considering a sweeping expansion of its travel ban, potentially targeting citizens from 36 additional countries, according to a leaked State Department memo. Of the 36 countries, 25 are in Africa, including Nigeria,...
Travelers From These 36 Countries May Soon Be Banned From Entering the U.S.
Fodors Travel Guide
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June 16, 2025
And other travel news you may have missed. This week in travel, we’ve uncovered several stories that might have flown under your radar. Among them: locals fire squirt guns at tourists (again); a woman has an epic meltdown in Milan over excess...