US to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders
The decision comes at a time when many in Africa fear that the country could return to the civil war.
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The decision comes at a time when many in Africa fear that the country could return to the civil war.
READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/06/us-to-revoke-all-visas-held-by-south-sudanese-passport-holders
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00:00The United States says it's to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders
00:05over Juba's failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens.
00:09Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would also block any new visas to prevent
00:14entry into the U.S. by South Sudanese.
00:17The decision comes at a time when many fear a renewal of the civil war in South Sudan
00:22that saw 400,000 people killed between 2013 and 2018.
00:27Rising tensions between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar culminated
00:34in the latter's arrest last month.
00:37In recent days, African Union mediators held talks in South Sudanese capital Juba aimed
00:42at averting a new civil war.
00:45President Donald Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration
00:50enforcement, including the repatriation of people deemed to be in the country illegally.
00:56Trump's predecessor Joe Biden had granted South Sudanese nationals temporary protection
01:00status which shields people against deportation.
01:04It's granted to foreign citizens who cannot safely return home because of war, natural
01:08disasters or other extraordinary conditions.