Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force
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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.
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Information Minister Osman Dube (pictured) walked out on journalists Sunday evading a question on the alleged involvement of Somalis military trainees under Eritrean command in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
Dube who has taken to issuing several statements including one at 2 am on national television last month took off mid-way a reporter’s question on the widespread reports that the Eritrean trained Somalis were fighting the war alongside Eritrea and Ethiopia federal forces.
‘SEVERAL’ KILLED
Multiple reports and claims by lawmakers and security analysts have emerged in the past week alleging ‘several’ Somalis had been killed and others injured after they were deployed in Tigray under the command of the Eritrean military.