South Sudan has criticized the revocation of U.S. visas for all its nationals as unfair and said it was based on an incident that didn’t involve one of its citizens but another African national.

The government of South Sudan pushed back on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's reasoning for revoking its nationals' visas in a Monday statement. The big picture: Rubio announced Saturday that the U.S.

The Government of South Sudan on Monday contested the rationale behind a sweeping visa ban imposed by the United States, stating the decision stemmed from a misunderstanding involving a deportee who is not a South Sudanese citizen.