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Eritrean pair disappear during Cecafa Cup in Kenya – BBC

Two members of the Eritrean national team have disappeared in Kenya while playing in the Cecafa Cup. Suspicions are now raised the pair will seek asylum in the east African country. It is not the first time

Two members of the Eritrean national team have disappeared in Kenya while playing in the Cecafa Cup.

Suspicions are now raised the pair will seek asylum in the east African country.

It is not the first time players from the national squad have defected abroad, seeking to escape one of the world’s most repressive states that is ruled by a reclusive president.

Last December, 17 players and the team doctor claimed asylum in Uganda, eighteen months after 13 players from an Eritrean club side sought refuge in Tanzania.

In 2009, a dozen members of the national team disappeared in Kenya.

“This is an unfortunate incident happening again and it is causing a lot of concern to the East and Central Africa soccer officials,” Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa), told Reuters.

The two men, who have yet to be identified, failed to return to their hotel on Saturday after watching another match, Musonye said.

The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay last year accused the Asmara government of meting out summary executions, torture and detaining thousands of political prisoners.

Thousands of Eritreans try to flee the Red Sea state every year and many die making perilous sea-crossings in a desperate bid to reach Europe.

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37 COMMENTS
  • Dani December 2, 2013

    I welcome the two new refugees to join me washing plates @ elders-home. You all plate washers and old white people care takers, I am asking you to stop encouraging people to flee Eritrea.

  • Galiano December 2, 2013

    Hi eritrawit
    Isayas never leave Eritrea when are you visting Eritrea to meet Warsay.

  • ERITRAWIT December 2, 2013

    Dani,
    so what is the solution? I hope you will come with a better idea.

  • Aman December 2, 2013

    Dani at least you have your freedom and you can even support your family in Eritrea

  • Galiano December 2, 2013

    Do you think you have freedom you volunteer to be slave

  • Fethi December 2, 2013

    aye dani parrot.

  • hidareb December 2, 2013

    It is a lesson to the dictatorial regime until dIA leaves Eritrea everyone will run from the country.

  • Dani December 2, 2013

    My solution —
    If you are too hungry for a change, instead hiding behind computer and insulting the president and other people, go and fight for a change. You and I knows change never comes from far distance. If you encourage people who could bring change to flee the country then just accept the life of voluntary slavary and don’t expect change would come.
    All this players, educated youn people, artists…. Could bring change if they remain in the country.
    For those who flee , I welcome them in to the modern and voluntary slavary. I am one of them.
    peace!

    • MightyEmbasoyra December 2, 2013

      Yes, they “could bring change if they remain in the country”. That change will be from Alive to Deceased.

    • the standard they call opposition December 3, 2013

      a very lucrative “slavery” for the pfdj / PensionerIseyas Front against Democracy and Justice.
      a part of this “slaves” finance a third of the gross national product of eritrea. they have the power to change the situation in eritrea, they just have to pick up their selves and “fight”.

  • Said December 2, 2013

    Thay they doing a good planning, to scape, but not planning to go to kill this mad man, an I thought they being recruited from somewhere else, an please assenna do not advertise this on the radio is becoming an advertisement for them to get out, and instead of standing up like a brave.united against dictator.

    • Tamrat Tamrat December 2, 2013

      You are a typical shaebia!

      • Said December 2, 2013

        Tamrat no I’m not but I have a brother who dead daring the gadly time and one get wounded an anotherhis still warking for the dictator, u probably wander , why I want get the dictator so bad .it’s not only personal, is ols my people get disappear, and I’m losing my country. do not call me that word again shaebia peace.

  • Daniel Kidnae December 2, 2013

    When the government became cruel and don’t respect of it’s own people the option is to leave the country completely. Sad but it is the reality. We the Diaspora all we have to do is help them if we can. The root cause of this problem is the GOVERNMET period.

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