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Host Ethiopia won't allow Eritrea at East African tournament
APNov 10, 2015 at 5:49a ET
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Eritrea has been excluded from East Africa's main
soccer tournament this month because of political tensions with host
Ethiopia.
Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of the Council for East and
Central African Football Associations, says the regional soccer body
''must respect'' Ethiopia's position not to allow the Eritrea team
into the country to play at the CECAFA Cup from Nov. 21-Dec. 6.
The neighbors were at war between 1998 and 2000.
Eritrean players have also frequently used soccer trips to try to
escape their restrictive homeland.
A group of 15 Eritrean players and a team doctor went missing and
claimed political asylum at the 2012 CECAFA Cup in Uganda. Last month,
10 were granted asylum in Botswana having refused to return home
following a World Cup qualifier.
Received on Tue Nov 10 2015 - 07:34:06 EST