KAMPALA: Eritrea's national football team has disappeared in Uganda in what would be potentially the fourth team to abscond from their authoritarian country, officials said Monday.
Ugandan police were alerted after 16 football team members disappeared
after losing to Rwanda 2-0 in a regional tournament, according to the
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
"The police have been notified," said Ugandan CECAFA official Moses Magogo, adding that the players failed to return to their hotel after a shopping trip in the capital, Kampala.
Thousands leave the Red Sea nation every month, according to the United
Nations, fleeing conscription and a hardline government that jails
critics in harsh desert labour camps, and is ranked worst in the world
for press freedom.
In 2007, six national players sought asylum
in Angola after a game there, while in 2009, 12 Eritrean national
football players sought asylum after a game in Kenya.
Last year 13 members of Eritrea's Red Sea football club asked for asylum in Tanzania.
"When they flew in there was an alert from CECAFA secretariat about the
history of attempts to disappear by the team," Magogo said. "We shared
the information with the Ugandan police to keep an eye on them."
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Eritrean football team disappears in Uganda
KAMPALA: Eritrea's national football team has disappeared in Uganda in what would be potentially the fourth team to abscond from their authoritarian country, officials said Monday.
Ugandan police were alerted after 16 football team members disappeared
after losing to Rwanda 2-0 in a regional tournament, according to the
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
"The police have been notified," said Ugandan CECAFA official Moses Magogo, adding that the players failed to return to their hotel after a shopping trip in the capital, Kampala.
Thousands leave the Red Sea nation every month, according to the United
Nations, fleeing conscription and a hardline government that jails
critics in harsh desert labour camps, and is ranked worst in the world
for press freedom.
In 2007, six national players sought asylum
in Angola after a game there, while in 2009, 12 Eritrean national
football players sought asylum after a game in Kenya.
Last year 13 members of Eritrea's Red Sea football club asked for asylum in Tanzania.
"When they flew in there was an alert from CECAFA secretariat about the
history of attempts to disappear by the team," Magogo said. "We shared
the information with the Ugandan police to keep an eye on them."
Eritrean officials did not respond to calls.
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