Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force Reuters 1/28/2021
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year s soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia s National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash.
They told him his son had died - not in Qatar, but in Eritrea, one of the world s most secretive countries. They showed me a picture from their WhatsApp and asked me, do you know this picture and his full name? I said, yes he is my son, Dhoodi, 48, told Reuters. They said to me your son died . I cried.