France, Jan. 9 -- The US State Department this week added several more African countries - including Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe - to itslist of states whose passport holders will be required to post bonds when applying for a visa.

Nationals from these countries will now have to pay either $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000 when applying for a US visa, with the amount determined at the time of an interview.

Of 38 countries required to post visa bonds, 24 are in Africa.

Another 12 African countries are subject to outright travel bans, after Trump extended entry restrictions in December.

Since then, nationals of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and South Sudan have been barred from the US. That is in add...