Eritrea Shocked By Hoax “Forced Polygamy Story”

“Even a madman in [the Eritrean capital] Asmara would know that this story was not true,” an Eritrean official told the BBC.The hoax was first published online on a Kenyan website called Crazy Monday.Some men have commented on Twitter that they are ready to travel to Eritrea to find a new wife.
Crazy Monday is well known for its focus on scandalous stories and gossip as part of an attempt to attract a younger readership”, says Mathias Muindi from the BBC’s media monitoring service.

Carried around the internet is that the country is lacking men, and to make up for the shortage men, following the civil war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000, every man must marry at least two women or face imprisonment.
‘Dark Forces’

Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel tweeted that “the media frenzy to parrot this ludicrous, fabricated and trite story… is appalling”.
One news website, Sahara Reporters, has retracted the story acknowledging that it was false.

In another tweet Mr Yemane said

“the story illustrates [the] vileness of the dark forces of disinformation and proclivity of others to readily embrace the negative narrative on Eritrea”.

Credit: BBCvia BunmiOd