Eritrea’s soccer team disappears

When the Eritrean national soccer team’s plane returned home after a competition in Nairobi, only the coach was on board. The team’s whereabouts are unknown. This isn’t the first time the’ve pulled this though:  Mr Musonye told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme it was the third time the Eritrean team had failed to return ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

When the Eritrean national soccer team's plane returned home after a competition in Nairobi, only the coach was on board. The team's whereabouts are unknown. This isn't the first time the've pulled this though: 

When the Eritrean national soccer team’s plane returned home after a competition in Nairobi, only the coach was on board. The team’s whereabouts are unknown. This isn’t the first time the’ve pulled this though: 

Mr Musonye told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme it was the third time the Eritrean team had failed to return home after a tournament.

"The Eritrean federation have done their best to bring a team to the competition – unfortunately these boys had other ideas," he said.

"Definitely they are in Nairobi – we have so many Eritreans here – they must be somewhere."

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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