By Eddie Ameh      Students from Ebola-stricken countries feel Canada’s recent ban on issuing new visas stigmatizes them. “Banning visas from these countries is unfair especially to the international students who want to come and study here,” said Aissatou Bah, a Guinean student, Friday. Bah’s home country has been ravaged by the deadly virus. “I don’t think banning people is going to help anybody,” she said. Bah said the ban is “stigmatizing people from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.” Bah’s father, who is in Guinea, will not be able to attend her graduation should the ban be in force next year. Last month, Canada banned the issuance of visas to people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the move violates the spirit, if not its International Health Regulations, which proscribe travel and trade bans by its 196 member states without WHO’s approval. Bah, president of the University of Ottawa West African Youth Association said the best way to address Ebola is for Canada to help the countries fight the disease.     Jennifer Humphries, vice-president of the Canadian Bureau of International Education said her organization is concerned about the ban, but said not many students will be affected, particularly during the upcoming January admissions, since there is usually a small intake of international students during this period. “We hope the ban will be reviewed and eventually lifted after May,” Humphries said. While the number of students coming to Canada from the region has never been high, it has been rising lately, according to the Canadian Bureau of Education’s annual report on international education in Canada. In the meantime, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa have advised students to avoid travelling to Ebola affected countries if it is not...