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Thousands of Kenyan students in limbo as US stops visa interviews

Students talking together on campus. [Courtesy/iStock]

Thousands of Kenyan students seeking to join American universities have suffered a major blow after the Trump administration halted new visa interviews for international students.

The decision comes barely a week after the US revoked Harvard University's authority to enroll non-American learners through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP).

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