US DENIES VISAS TO GAMBIA TEENS IN GLOBAL ROBOTICS CONTEST
Jul 07, 2017
2 minutes
The United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team’s leader said Tuesday.
The teens found the rejection “very disheartening,” said Mucktarr M.Y. Darboe, who is also a director in the largely Muslim West African nation’s ministry of higher education.
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