Seven players from the Eritrean football team that finished as runners-up in the 2019 Cecafa Senior Challenge went missing in Uganda after the tournament.

It’s the second time this year footballers from Eritrea have disappeared while on international duty after five players fled from their hotel in the middle of October’s Cecafa Under-20 Challenge Cup.

Cecafa are searching for the players and have informed Ugandan authorities about their disappearance.

“The information I have is that seven of them escaped,” said Cecafa spokesperson Rogers Mulindwa.

“We have already notified the police, the Federation of Uganda Football Associations and the embassy. We are working closely to locate them and I think we shall get them. They may not have Christmas in Uganda.”

Human rights group Amnesty International says thousands of Eritreans continue to flee the country while the authorities severely restrict their right to do so.

Soka25east.com