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\”Today we designated Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Christian Makonda as ineligible to enter the U.S. for his involvement in gross violations of human rights. We are deeply concerned over deteriorating respect for human rights and rule of law in Tanzania,\” Pompeo tweeted.

Today we designated Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Christian Makonda as ineligible to enter the U.S. for his involvement in gross violations of #humanrights. We are deeply concerned over deteriorating respect for human rights and rule of law in #Tanzania.

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 31, 2020

However, the Tanzanian government led by President John Magufuli a month later distanced itself from the Dar commissioner saying that Makonda was “only airing his personal views.”

The US ban comes only days after US President Donald Trump said he was planning to add Tanzania to the travel ban list.

The other countries were Nigeria, Sudan and Eritrea.

The ban will not be a blanket one for all the listed countries but will be on specific types of visas, such as business or visitor visas.