The US is set to impose visa sanctions on three African countries, which are refusing to take back their nationals who are earmarked for deportation by the US authorities.
This could means that citizens from Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone could face problems trying to get a visa to enter the US.
Journalist Umaru Fofana in Freetown has confirmed that Sierra Leone is on the list, quoting a source as saying that the authorities refuse to take the deportees because there is no proof that they are in fact Sierra Leonean. But the State Department refutes this.
The US is hoping to deport foreign nationals who have finished serving jail terms.
