PALERMO, ItalyPALERMO, Italy — Soccer gave Mewal Tesfai Yosief hope in an authoritarian nation, a job in a country of forced military conscription and, possibly, freedom at last. After scoring two ...

A 12-member Eritrean soccer team went missing in Kenya after a regional tournament in which they were eliminated by Tanzania. Defections are common from Eritrea, one of Africa's newer nations and one ...

Seven members of Eritrea's national soccer team have disappeared after playing in a tournament in Uganda. They are believed to have defected, and if so, they are among many thousands of Eritreans who ...

FILE PHOTO: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki waves upon his arrival for a state visit to Sudan at the Khartoum Airport KAMPALA (Reuters) - Seven players from Eritrea's national soccer team have gone ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – A Ugandan government official says 17 Eritrean soccer players and a team doctor have applied for political asylum after going missing during a regional tournament. Musa Ecweru, ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — A group of 10 players from Eritrea’s national soccer squad who are claiming asylum in Botswana are being held in a detention center, and have been wearing their team kits for ...

PALERMO, Italy (AP) — Soccer gave Mewal Tesfai Yosief hope in an authoritarian nation, a job in a country of forced military conscription and, possibly, freedom at last. After scoring two goals for ...