Thursday, July 16, 2026

FULL LIST: 23 countries U.S. warns citizens not to visit

President Donald Trump’s administration listed 23 nations deemed too dangerous for U.S. citizens to visit.

• July 16, 2026
U.S. travelers at airport
U.S. travelers at airport [Credit: The Guardian/Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via Getty Images]

The United States has issued a travel advisory warning its citizens to avoid travelling to a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.

President Donald Trump’s administration listed 23 nations deemed too dangerous for U.S. citizens to visit. Among the countries are Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, and Uganda.

The U.S. Department of State’s consular affairs, on Wednesday, released a list of countries that Americans should not travel to.

“We issue Travel Advisories with Levels 1 – 4. Level 4 means DO NOT TRAVEL. We assign Level 4 based on local conditions and/or our limited ability to help Americans there,” the advisory stated, labelling the countries as “dangerous places”.

The U.S. government warned its citizens  not to visit any of the nations “for any reason”.

Full list of countries

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Belarus
  3. Burkina Faso
  4. Burma
  5. Central African Republic (CAR)
  6. Chad
  7. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
  8. Haiti
  9. Iran
  10. Iraq
  11. Lebanon
  12. Libya
  13. Mali
  14. Niger
  15. North Korea
  16. Russia
  17. Somalia
  18. South Sudan
  19. Sudan
  20. Syria
  21. Uganda
  22. Ukraine
  23. Yemen

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