Eritrean Government finally debunked the rumour of Mandatory Polygamy
Eritrean
Government finally debunked the rumour that spread like fire on social media
since Monday, that Eritrea Mandatory Polygamy is Hoax:
Eritrean officials are outraged over a
satirical news article reporting that men in the country were ordered to marry
at least two wives or face life imprisonment, according to BBC News. The hoax
on mandatory polygamy in Eritrea went viral on social media this week and some
news sites in other African nations reported the story as if it were true.
"Even
a madman in [the Eritrean capital] Asmara would know that this story was not
true," an Eritrean official told BBC News on Thursday.
The story was first published online Monday in a satirical
column of Kenyan newspaper the Standard called Crazy Monday. Citing an alleged
government memo leaked by “activists,” the article said Eritrean officials had
asked men to marry at least two women “due to acute shortage of men” following
a civil war with Ethiopia as Eritrea sought independence.
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