Five Eritrean footballers from the women’s Under-20 national team have gone missing during a regional tournament in Uganda.
The players disappeared from their hotel in Jinja on Tuesday morning.
The players were part of the Eritrea squad for the Cecafa Women’s Under-20 Championship, which began on Saturday and runs until 9 November in nearby Njeru.
This is the second time in two years that Eritreans have gone missing from a Cecafa Under-20 Championship in Uganda, after five male players fled their hotel in the country in 2019.