Somalia: UN Asserts Eritrea Role in Arming Shabaab

18 January 2012

The United Nations' preliminary rejection of Kenya's allegations of Eritrean arms shipments to Al-Shabaab does not undercut findings of Eritrean military support for the militia, a UN arms monitor told the Nation on Tuesday.

Matthew Bryden, coordinator of the world body's Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group, said UN investigators stand by their annual report in July that "Eritrea still retains active linkages to Somali armed groups".

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