Marry Two Wives OR Be Arrested; Eritrea

After polygamy was legalized in Kenya, another
country has followed...



Mandatory polygamy by men in Eritrea is being
received with a mix of bewilderment and
excitement.

Activists have posted a memo by the Government of
Eritrea asking men to marry at least two wives due
to acute shortage of men occasioned by casualties
during the civil war with Ethiopia.

The May 1998 to June 2000 Eritrean/Ethiopian war
saw 150,000 soldiers killed from either sides but
bigger impact on male population in the Eritrea
nation who were then just 4 million people in total.
The statement assures of government support to the
polygamous marriages.

The activists translate it thus, “Based on the law of
God in polygamy, and given the circumstances in
which the country is experiencing in terms of men
shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious
Affairs has decided on the following:

"First that every man shall marry at least two
women and the man who refuses to do so shall
be subjected to life imprisonment with hard
labour . The woman who tries to prevent her
husband from marrying another wife shall be
punished to life imprisonment .”

A single lady praised their President, saying “He is so
considerate of women! That’s good of him