In 2015, 10 players from the Eritrean national football team refused to return home after playing a World Cup qualifying match in Botswana, which neighbours Namibia, and later sought asylum there.
Sannadkii 2015, toban ciyaartoy oo ka tirsan xulka dalka Eritrea ayaa diiday in ay dalkooda ku laabtaan ka dib markii ay Botswana uga qayb galeen ciyaar ka tirsan Koobka Adduunka., markii dambana magangalyo ayay dalbadeen.