Ali s son was one of three young Somali men whose families told Reuters they had been recruited by Somalia s federal government for jobs in Qatar, only to surface in Eritrea, where they were sent to serve in a military force against their will. Two other families said their sons had simply disappeared.
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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.