Eritrean Troop Movement Sparks Coup Fears -- Financial Times
Hundreds of soldiers are reported to have surrounded the ministry of information in the Eritrean capital of Asmara, sparking fears of a coup in the one-party pariah state in the Horn of Africa.
The soldiers forced the director of state television to make an announcement, an Eritrean intelligence official told Reuters. “The soldiers have forced him to speak on state TV, to say the Eritrean government should release all political prisoners,” the source said on condition of anonymity.
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