NAIROBI, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Eritrea should be punished for threatening the Horn of Africa region by supporting Somali rebels, Somalia's foreign affairs minister said on Sunday. The United States, Britain, United Nations and the African Union (AU) accuse Eritrea of fanning the chaos in Somalia, through provision of arms and logistical support to the radical al Shabaab rebels, seen by Washington as al Qaeda's proxy. "Enough is enough. Eritrea has defied calls from the international community and individual countries to play a positive role," Ali Jama Ahmed told Reuters. Early this month, Britain told the U.N. Security council it was ready to punish Eritrea for its role in Somalia. The government in the Eritrean capital Asmara rejects accusations that it arms the al Shabaab insurgents. [ID:nLE229162] Ahmed said that while the region had been trying to engage Eritrea constructively, its leadership had chosen to continue to be part of the Somalia problem. He said Asmara had to re-engage with the region in its search for an end to the fighting and human suffering in his country. "Eritrea has to take the right trail or face sanction which we hope the Security Council will impose soon," he said in the Kenyan capital on his way to Kampala for a meeting on Africa's 17 million refugees. Somalis displaced from their homeland by the fighting account for a substantial proportion of those refugees.,,more..http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI572584.htm.
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