Eritrea's participation in the Africa Cup of Nations preliminaries is now uncertain after seven of the ten locally-based players vanished following their 4‑1 aggregate victory over Eswatini on March 31. The missing footballers were last seen when the team travelled from Eswatini to South Africa via Egypt, according to a CAF official. Coach Hesham Yakan had selected a 24‑man squad with fourteen abroad, and Ali Suleiman scored three goals in the qualifying tie. The defectors include two goalkeepers, several defenders, a midfielder and a striker, joining a history of Eritrean players abandoning national teams abroad. Read on aljazeera.com