Following the new travel ban imposed on citizens from six mainly Muslim nations, including Somalia, by President Donald Trump of the United States (US), Somalia’s President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed who also a dual US-Somali citizen, has criticised the ban.
According to Ceoafrica, President Mohamed said that the estimated 150,000 Somalis in the US had “contributed to the US economy and the US society in different ways, and we have to talk about what the Somali people have contributed rather than a few people who may cause a problem”.
It was critical that Somalia continue to work to defeat the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, he said.
The new Somalia’s president made the criticisms at an event in the capital, Mogadishu, with United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres to address Somalia's drought that poses the risk of famine to five million people.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump signed the new executive order presented as a means to strengthen US national security against terror threats.
The directive, which includes a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes effect on 16th of March.
