l-Shabaab... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban. The organization's current leader is Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad, also known as Ibrahim
al-Afghani. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a Kenyan al-Qaeda member, is considered the group's military leader...
in Somalia.
On Tuesday, top Kenyan officials and other sources told news hounds two airplanes flew to Baidoa to deliver arms to Al-Shabaab.
Eritrea's Foreign Affairs Ministry Wednesday said the allegation was a fabrication and was a clear campaign against Eritrea by its arch-foe Ethiopia.
Eritrea sole interest in Somalia is to see peace and stability return to this important Horn of Africa and the end of the suffering of Somalia people, the statement said.
"There can be no military solution to the problem of Somalia," read the ministry statement.
Eritrea also called for all-inclusive, Somali-owned political process, inclusive of Somaliland, Puntland and all other stakeholders.
The recent allegation against Eritrea is a bitter diplomatic slap amid a proposal for a fresh round of sanctions against Asmara having already been tabled before the UN Security Council.
Eritrea has been under UN sanctions since 2009 for its alleged involvement in Somalia.