The U.S. Department of State currently has 23 countries on its highest travel warning level, Level 4: Do Not Travel, a designation that actively advises American citizens to stay away.
Level 4 is the most serious category in the State Department's four-tier travel advisory system, reserved for destinations where the risks to travellers are considered severe enough to warrant a direct warning against going at all.
What this means in practice is that Americans planning trips to any of these 23 countries are being told, clearly and officially, not to go. The advisory applies to U.S. citizens broadly, whether they are tourists, business travellers, or those with personal ties to the regions in question.
The full list of affected countries and the specific reasons behind each designation have not been detailed in this report, but the State Department publishes updated advisories on its official website, where travellers can check the current status of any destination before making plans.
Originally published by AllAfrica.