Download this page in PDF formatFebruary 17, 2012: Eritrea remains very bitter about being subjected to continued UN sanctions in light of a report which Eritrean leaders claim shows that they did not supply Somali Al Shabaab militants with weapons. The January report concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support Kenya’s claim (made last Fall) that Eritrea had shipped weapons to Al Shabaab by air. The alleged shipment went from Eritrea to the town of Baidoa. Investigators concluded that credible evidence indicated the flights did not occur. The Eritrean government, however, now contends that all allegations of supplying weapons to Somali insurgents was fabricated and economic and political sanctions should end. However, the UN embargo remains in place. Ethiopia claims that it has hard evidence that Eritrea has trained Al Shabaab fighters, supplied them with weapons, and provided financing.
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