The Trans Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign, advocating for a visa-free Africa, has aborted its planned road trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week.
This is because Ethiopia is currently experiencing its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a deadly viral hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, confirmed by the country’s Ministry of Health on November 14, 2025.
The outbreak is centred in Jinka town, South Ethiopia Region, with nine reported cases detected so far, and three deaths confirmed.
Ras Mubarak, Campaign Leader, Trans Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign in a press release said: “The team was scheduled to be in Addis Ababa on November 21, 2025”.
The campaign has decided to change course, altering its itinerary. The inconvenience caused to countries originally scheduled to be visited is deeply regretted”.
In the interest of health and safety, the team according to Ras Mubarak would transit through Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Cameroon all of which have been originally visited, before making their way to Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco before making their way back to Ghana via Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.
“We request the cooperation and support of authorities in the countries the team will be transiting through or stopping over for its visa-free campaign. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted”.
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