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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Five Eritrean footballers from the women’s Under-20 national team have gone missing during a regional tournament in Uganda.<\/p>\n

The players disappeared from their hotel in Jinja in southeastern Uganda on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The five were part of the Eritrea squad for playing the Cecafa Women’s Under-20 Championship, which began on Saturday and runs until 9 November in nearby Njeru.<\/p>\n

According to the East and Central African soccer association, which is overseeing the tournament<\/p>\n

Eritrea is due to play host Uganda in the East and Central African women’s under-20 championship on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In 2019, two groups of soccer players went missing at two separate tournaments in Uganda and 17 men’s national team players and a team doctor claimed political asylum in Uganda in 2012.<\/p>\n

An executive director of Cecafa is reported to have said “sufficient” measures had been taken to prevent players from fleeing.<\/p>\n

FLASHBACK<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2015, Ten players from the Eritrean national football team reportedly refused to board their plane back home after competing in a World Cup qualifying match in Botswana.<\/p>\n

In 2009, the entire team – apart from the coach and an official – failed to return from a Cecafa tournament in Kenya.<\/p>\n

Human rights group Amnesty International reports that thousands of Eritreans continue to flee the east African country.<\/p>\n

The Eritrean government has however dismissed all allegations in the past.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eritrea<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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