By Helen B., As we remembered all in 2015, ten of the Eritrean national soccer team deserted after [deliberately] losing the game to team Botswana. Their desertion made short lived headlines indented to undermine the government and the people of Eritrea. Hence the government and Interior Minister of Botswana valiantly denied them political asylum, convinced […]
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By Reuters, Botswana wants 10 Eritrean soccer players it granted asylum to to be resettled in another country by the United Nations, as under Bostwana’s law they must stay in a refugee camp for 10 years. A government official said the southern African nation was not withdrawing asylum for the players but giving them a […]
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By TesfaNews, The government of Botswana has reversed its decision to grant asylum for the disgraced 10 Eritrean football players and asked to go back home or seek refuge elsewhere. A letter wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) by the Ministry of Defense, Justice and Security secretary, Segakweng Tsiane, indicates that the government […]
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ብ ግዱሳት ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ውዲታት: ካብቲ ኣብ ቀዳማይ ባቢሎን እትብል ዝጸሓፍናዮ ጽሑፍ ዝተወሰደ መእተዊ ጌርና ናብዚ ናይ ሎሚ ጽሑፍና ክንኣቱ እንከለና ካብ ባዶ ተበጊስና ኣይኮነን። መበገሲ መልእኽትና ከም`ቲ ኣብ ኣርእስትና ሂብናዮ ዘለና፡- “ተባዕታይ ደርሆ እንተነቀወሲ መሬት ብሳላኡ ትወግሕ ዘላ ይመስሎ”። ኤርትራ ከም ኩለን ሃገራት ዓለም ሉኡላውነታ ዘረጋገጸት ጥራይ ዘይኮነት፡ እታ እንኮ ኣብ ሕርያኣ ንጂኦ-ፖለቲካዊ ኩነታት […]
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By Reuters, Ten Eritrean soccer players seeking asylum in Botswana should be deported, Botswana’s security minister said on Thursday, a decision their lawyer said he would challenge in court. The Eritreans refused to board their plane home on Wednesday, the latest in a series of defections by athletes from a country under investigation by the […]
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By Bereket Kidane, The Red Sea Camels failed to advance to the next round of FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia Qualifying matches after losing 3-1 to the Zebras of Botswana in Francistown yesterday. Henok Goitom scored on a brilliant header off a cross pass he received from Yonas Solomon only nine minutes into the game. With […]
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By Mike Seium | Eri-international sports, Before we get upset or before we try to analyze and re-analyze why some players on the Eritrean national team that traveled to Botswana decided to remain and ask for political asylum, let us take a deep breath and not get caught up with the enemy tactics to defame […]
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By The Voice of Botswana, News coming in from Francistown is that only 14 Eritrean players will be taking their flight home from Gaborone this evening while the other ten have refused and opted to remain in the custody of Kutlwano Police in Francistown. The visiting national team which was supposed to have jetted out […]
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