Africa: U.S. Warns Citizens Against Travelling to 23 Countries

What the report says

The U.S. Department of State has told American citizens not to travel to 23 countries that it has placed in its highest advisory category, Level 4: Do Not Travel. According to the article published by Leadership and distributed by AllAfrica, the warning was issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs on the department’s official Facebook page and cited security concerns, unstable local conditions and limits on the U.S. government’s ability to assist citizens in those destinations.

The countries named in the advisory include Afghanistan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burma, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine and Yemen. The notice was published on Monday, with the article dated 10 November 2026.

The department said Level 4 is reserved for places it considers dangerous and urged Americans to avoid travel there for any reason. The report also restated the State Department’s four-tier system, which ranges from Level 1 normal precautions to Level 4 do not travel. As general context, such advisories are commonly used to inform travelers about risks before international trips, and the department advised people to check its country-by-country guidance online before making plans.