South Sudan has reversed its decision to deny entry to a man it said was a Congolese national deported by the United States after Washington imposed a blanket visa ban on South Sudanese citizens.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the visa ban on Saturday, citing South Sudan's refusal to accept the return of its citizens being removed from the US. But South Sudan's foreign ministry said that a man who was refused entry after being deported from the US was a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

South Sudanese officials say they'll allow a foreign national entry into the country after their initial refusal to do so prompted the United States to revoke the visas of all of its citizens