Eritrean soccer players go missing in Uganda again

FILE PHOTO: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki waves upon his arrival for a state visit to Sudan at the Khartoum Airport, Sudan September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Seven players from Eritrea's national soccer team have gone missing after playing at a tournament in Uganda, an official said, the second time in two months its footballers have disappeared while touring the country.

There were no more details on where they had gone. But dozens of Eritrean athletes have refused to return home or disappeared while competing abroad over the past decade, often in a bid to claim asylum.