{"id":5053,"date":"2017-09-28T11:53:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T11:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:01:07","slug":"g5-sahel-surprised-after-president-trumps-travel-ban-on-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/g5-sahel-surprised-after-president-trumps-travel-ban-on-chad\/","title":{"rendered":"G5 Sahel \u201csurprised\u201d after President Trump&#8217;s \u201ctravel ban\u201d on Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The African Union (AU), the Presidency of the G5 Sahel and France, all expressed their \u201csurprise\u201d at the decision of the Trump Administration to make Chadian nationals undesirable in the USA from October 18. Everyone is unanimous: Chad is an important ally in the fight against terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France and the countries of the G5 Sahel \u201csurprised\u201d, the AU \u201cpuzzled\u201d and Chad itself animated by a feeling of \u201cinjustice. Donald Trump&#8217;s \u201ctravel ban\u201d targeting the country of Idriss Deby is badly perceived in the Sahel. In a statement, Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, Malian Head of State and current chairman of the G5 Sahel, said that \u201cthis decision could affect the commitment of Chad, which is a key partner in the fight against terrorism\u201d. Before calling for the lifting of \u201csanctions\u201d to \u201cmaintain international peace and regional stability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to an \u201cunjust measure\u201d, the African Union also recalled \u201cthe important role\u201d played by Chad in the fight against terrorism in the Lake Chad basin, in northern Mali and throughout the Sahel. The same is true at France\u2019s side which considers Idriss D\u00e9by as \u201ca decisive partner\u201d. France, which is also present in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel through the Barkhane force and which has its headquarters in Ndjamena, hopes for the \u201crapid lifting of this ban\u201d imposed by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans, who recognize the importance of the Chadians with whom they have already conducted several military exercises, accuse Idriss D\u00e9by of \u201cnot meeting all the security requirements\u201d and the fact that \u201cseveral terrorists are active on its territory\u201d.<\/p>\n<a  class=\"vc_btn vc_btn-black vc_btn-sm vc_btn_square \" href=\"#\">Aboubacar Dicko<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African Union (AU), the Presidency of the G5 Sahel and France, all expressed their \u201csurprise\u201d at the decision of the Trump Administration to make Chadian nationals undesirable in the USA from October 18. Everyone is unanimous: Chad is an important ally in the fight against terrorism. France and the countries of the G5 Sahel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,62],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mali","8":"category-security"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5055,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053\/revisions\/5055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}