The Trans Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign has put its Addis Ababa road trip on hold in response to Ethiopia’s first confirmed case of Marburg virus disease.
The decision was announced in a Kampala statement dated November 19, 2025, and signed by Lead Campaigner Ras Mubarak, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu. According to the group, the suspension prioritizes public safety following the Ministry of Health’s November 14 confirmation of the outbreak.
The Marburg virus—an extremely fatal hemorrhagic fever akin to Ebola—has so far been identified in Jinka town in Ethiopia’s southern region, where officials have confirmed nine cases and three deaths.
The visa-free Africa campaigners had been scheduled to reach Addis Ababa on Friday, November 21, but Ras Mubarak announced that the group has scrapped that segment of their trip and reworked their route.
“This change of plan is due to the health risks associated with the ongoing outbreak. The inconvenience caused to countries originally scheduled to be visited is deeply regretted,” the statement read.
The updated route takes the team back through Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Congo, Gabon and Cameroon, before heading toward Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco.
They plan to return to Ghana by passing again through Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea and Ivory Coast.
The group urged authorities along this adjusted route to cooperate with them as they press ahead with their visa-free Africa campaign.
