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SaharaReporters has found that reports that the Eritrean government issued a decree requiring all men to marry two women, or face imprisonment, are false. This story was published by several African media organizations, including SaharaReporters, following two days of intense interest on news websites and social media.
According to conversations SaharaReporters had with experts and Eritrean government representatives on Wednesday, the report is now understood to be a rumor originating on social media that later became extremely popular. The rumor later found its way to news websites in Nigeria and across Africa.

On Wednesday morning, a SaharaReporters correspondent spoke with a Eritrean government representative attached to the Eritrean Mission at the United Nations in New York.  The source flatly denied the rumor, and expressed frustration that hoax had gained the traction it had.

Also speaking to a SaharaReporters correspondent on Wednesday morning, Eritrean expert Awet Weldemichael, an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in Canada, stated that he believed the reports were fictitious and “started as a joke” online.

Mr. Weldemichael added that “I have not seen, read, or heard anything credible which would confirm the story.”

“I think it [such a decree] is in the realm of the improbable or impossible,” Mr. Weldemichael said.

According to the false reports, the primary justification for the mandatory marriage was intended to fill the population gap in the country following the Eritrean war for independence in 1991 and the Eritrean-Ethiopian war between 1998 and 2000.

Mr. Weldemichael, however, dismissed the notion that the Eritrean government would solve this supposed “population gap” with a decree forcing all Eritreans to engage in polygamy. In fact, the academic argued, the population of Eritrea has actually increased substantially since the war.

Mr. Weldemichael also stated “if you read [the reports] closely they have no basis in Eritrean tradition, which is almost half-Muslim and half-Christian” and that Eritreans are cognizant of the diverse “belief systems which do not always allow multiple wives.”

The Eritrean government has not published an official statement addressing these rumors at the time of publication.

Editorial Note: A previous story carried by SaharaReporters reporting a Eritrean law requiring men to marry two women was false and has been corrected.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/01/27/fact-check-reports-eritrean-law-requires-men-marry-two-wives-are-false

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what a wise man sees while sleeping, a fool can't see no mattet how high he/she climbs. I knew it was false right from the outset

Hmmn. Sahara reporters why na

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Ok.....we don hear

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I hope it stays this way. Forcing a man to marry more than one wife is terrible for guys who love a particular woman with all their hearts and want to spend the rest of their lives with that woman.

Great

So all they hype for a false story..... : ( poor journalism

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I knew it from d start...

it just didn't make sense...

Okay

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Anyhow, I have known much about their women now. I must marry from there INSHA ALLAH






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I know it was definitely a hoax.


Man pikin never fit satisfy one wife finish, na two dem wan make him go marry. Na license to early grave dem wan wish all men 4 dat Obodo.

I still dey go there o. Who knows, dem fit enforce such rule wey go favour person. Cabman, take me to d airport.

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But them chicks fine oooo

there is nothing in the report above(from the quote) that says the decree is false. the prof. spoke based on probability

awa oh wat an imagination rumour two wife on one slim hungerid man

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