The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe has suspended routine visa services, citing national security and public safety concerns.
The directive to halt consular operations came from Washington and does not affect Zimbabweans who already hold valid U.S. visas.
This move follows a June internal State Department cable that proposed visa restrictions on several African nations over unreliable identity documents, weak passport security, and the refusal or unwillingness to accept deported nationals.
Zimbabwe was named alongside Kenya, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria.
In the same month, the U.S. banned travel from Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan, and imposed heightened restrictions on travel from Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
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