25th October 2022 7:29:07 AM
1 min readGhanaians and citizens of 19 other African nations are apparently not allowed to enter Dubai, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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DW Africa reported that the prohibition, which had no stated justification, was scheduled to begin on Monday, October 24, 2022.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a visa ban for citizens of 20 African nations wishing to travel to Dubai.
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Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria, Liberia, Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Gambia, Togo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Benin, Ivory Coast, Congo, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, and Comoros are among the nations impacted.
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The prohibition is effective immediately," stated DW Africa on Monday in part of a Facebook post.
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This is not the first time Ghana and other African countries have been barred from travelling to Dubai.
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Emirates Airline announced on December 28, 2021, that eight African countries will not be accepted to travel to or through Dubai until further notice due to the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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The countries included: Ghana Angola, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Ethiopia.
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