BREAKING NEWS:Nine Members of the Eritrean National Team Including the Head Coach Mr Omer Ahmed Defect in Kenya.
Nine members of the Eritrean National Football team, including the head coach Mr Omer Ahmed and team captain Haile Goitom abandon the dictatorial regime in Eritrea seeking political asylum in Kenya. Two of them confirmed to
Nine members of the Eritrean National Football team, including the head coach Mr Omer Ahmed and team captain Haile Goitom abandon the dictatorial regime in Eritrea seeking political asylum in Kenya.
Two of them confirmed to demo.archive.assenna.com on the phone about their decision not to go back home to Eritrea. Samson was not able to continue his conversation, while another player who didn’t consent his name to be made public said “the endless national service, extreme repression and lack of freedom” was the main reason for his decision.
The Eritrean National Football team has been to Kenya to participate in the regional annual Cecafa competition.
Although the regime tried its best to minimize defection by calling many Eritrean semi and non professional players from abroad into the team, it couldn’t escape the embarrassment it faced for several times.
Two of the payers have been in hiding before the completion of the tournament, while the remaining 7 have just followed them.
12 members of the Eritrean national team have defected last year in Uganda, after participating in similar regional tournament. Almost all Red Sea football club players have also done the same prior to that.
Keren December 9, 2013
Job well done team Eritrea, this is the only passport and visa an Eritrean can get to live peacefully in the civilized and democratic christian West. Our young Eritreans deserve this right.
Eritrea defined: the shame of Africa. It is a nation that sells its own citizens to Arab slavery, for sex trade and organ harvest.
Said December 9, 2013
Im a shame of Thanks for tellin abandoned the country, why you cannot build democracy country, what a useless, running away is not the solution, Eritrea is not for sale or Eritran people, don’t look somewhere else to live a better life you without your country you useless. no matter how you slice it. I don’t think you are an Eritran .united against dictator.
ahmed saleh December 10, 2013
Mr. HALEWLEW , Who defined that Eritrea is the shame of Africa ?
Our problem is temporary and we are proud people only paranoid from our past experience to
let crooks to take advantage in the name of sovereignty .
johnny December 9, 2013
the nelson mandela type of heros r in Eritrean prison treated like animal.hopefully not too long we will see them realsed from hell expeirence a wonderful feeling that we call it freedom.shabia r going down.they r going to Qatar or somewhere else to have a meeting with woyanne begging forgivness for there crime. now they r asking them lets make peace please.we will never forgive for woyanne.we r not kidding with this thugs.they r themselves woyanne.we want Eritrea for Eritrean.
aus 17 December 9, 2013
Congratulations!!!, believe me you(players) never defected Eritrea and its people, but the barbaric regime who tortured you and your carreer for years and cause you to cut that sick bond once and for all. However, you are the ambassadors of Eritrea and its people where ever you are, expose the naked leader and his regime, show to the world how this barbaric regime is anti-humane and humanity.
ERitrea loves you and you are our heroes. Let the dictator and his cowardice be further isolated, despair and frustrated to the point of reaching world’s waste-product: discarded and despised. DEfinitely it hurts them agonisises them and you can see how cheap they are to treat you so cruely and not professionals.
Again congratulations, I wish for you unlimited success in your future and in your dreams as all of us youngsters in life.
Gebez December 9, 2013
Oh my goodnesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. oh my goodnessssssssssssssssssssss. I just became 100% sure that things are really going from bad to shit in eritrea. This is aunbelievable. Oh you dream land, oh you blood bath, oh you little eritrea, your prayers, your wishes, your dreams seem to be in a blick.May your martyrs not notice what is going on to you!! They would turn in their graves.
Hitzit December 9, 2013
Their deffection comes as no suprise to me. What is funny though the PFDJ supporters will hardly admit that all this abondoning of our beloved country is csused by the hardship of living conditions caused by their Emperor Isaias Afeworki. Ver Verysad
Zeray December 9, 2013
Defection visa is the only guaranteed Exit visa in Eritrea. It is self-made and it is free.
Desbele December 9, 2013
If this news is true, how come we don’t see it on shabait or eritv?
Keren December 9, 2013
Poor Major General Awelyay, the head of Eritrean sport Federation, will be demoted or sent to jail by Issaias Afaf for the entire football team has defected in front of the whole Africa from a land of Eritrea, known as “the shame of Africa”.
aba_chegora December 9, 2013
IZI WERE HAQI AYMESLENIN
ahmed saleh December 10, 2013
aba-chegora
IZI KHEMAN ITI KELILU AYGREMKA ARKENI , YERHUWO DEA NIBEL EMBER HAGER SI AY GIDN .
Said December 9, 2013
my question will be?? we all defected the country but now who’s going to protect it I’m sure the dictator is not going to come out we all aboard , welcome the new generation of wayne we all chicken out, can not stand up like a man. goodbye Eritrea its very shame but it is reality. let’s compare our self Somalia, Palestinian, Cuba, Vietnam the list going on and on either that, let’s prepare ourselves for 30 more years of war. you all talk s*** but no got.united against dictator.
Mohammed December 9, 2013
I agree Said. This generation has failed Eritrea. We sought the riches of the West and left our brothers and sisters to develop the nation. We only wanted what those in the West had.
Said December 10, 2013
base in Sudan with the few resource in a few good men, bringing the Sudanese in our side, I think we can be able to do that I think the best solution, sometime war can be bringing a peace. let’st fight, we have many people in sudan a lot of experience in resource. sudan is the best place. I’m sure the dictator one stay two days, count me on. lets roll, too much talking not getting us nowhere. let’s go on claim our country.
Tamrat Tamrat December 9, 2013
*From who you protect it if all of you run away? The funniest thing is still the majority of the defector support isayas.
Said December 10, 2013
I agree with you 100 percent,.tamrat the question will be what do we do to fixed?????.