Hazy reports of Eritrea protest seeking reform in one of most brutal dictatorships: Eritrea sees political reform protest reportedly call for reform

Eritrea says soldiers’ protest ‘stupid’, not coup

AFP

Eritrea dismissed reports Saturday that a protest by mutinous soldiers seeking political reform, a rare challenge to the authoritarian regime of the Horn of Africa nation, was a coup attempt. In the first formal response since soldiers briefly seized the information ministry on Monday in the capital.