{"id":21188,"date":"2015-11-11T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T08:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ethiopia-bars-eritrea-from-african-football\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T08:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T08:14:36","slug":"ethiopia-bars-eritrea-from-african-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ethiopia-bars-eritrea-from-african-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia bars Eritrea from African football tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{CECAFA competition host excludes its neighbour Eritrea from competition over rising political tensions.}<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in East Africa&#8217;s premier football tournament this month because of political tensions between the neighbouring nations that fought a bloody war from 1998-2000.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Musonye, secretary-general of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations, said that the regional football body &#8220;must respect&#8221; Ethiopia&#8217;s position not to allow the Eritrean team into the country to play at the CECAFA Cup from November 21 to December 6.<\/p>\n<p>Eritrean players have frequently used football trips to try to escape their restrictive homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen Eritrean players and a team doctor went missing and claimed political asylum at the 2012 CECAFA Cup in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, 10 were granted asylum in Botswana having refused to return home following a World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-9136 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ethiopai.jpg\" alt=\"Ethiopia bars Eritrea from African football tournament\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>ALJAZEERA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{CECAFA competition host excludes its neighbour Eritrea from competition over rising political tensions.} Ethiopia has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in East Africa&#8217;s premier football tournament this month because of political tensions between the neighbouring nations that fought a bloody war from 1998-2000. 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