Political Exile On Board the Eritrean Presidential Jet
The blog “les Erythréens” has this report [fr]:
Yesterday morning (October 3rd) two Eritrean pilots defected—in their Eritrean Air Force jet—to Saudi Arabia, requesting political exile upon landing at the airport in Jizan.
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