By force or fire: Marry one wife in Eritrea and be jailed by the Authority

Eritrea now requests that men wed no less than two wives or face imprisonment. Kenyans have gotten the news of mandatory polygamy by men in Eritrea with a blend of bewilderment and energy.  Activists have posted a reminder purportedly by the Government of Eritrea requesting that men wed no less than two wives because of intense deficiency of men occasioned by losses amid the civil war with Ethiopia.

In the statement written in Arabic guarantees of government backing to the polygamous marriages.

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