Last updated: 21 may, 2009 - 05:14 GMT

Eritrea

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Eritrea has not taken kindly to the comments by the east African regional body IGAD that it is supporting Islamist insurgents in Somalia.

At a meeting yesterday in Addis Ababa, IGAD had some harsh words for Eritrea, and said it would recommend to the UN for sanctions to be placed on it.

Eritrea is suspended from IGAD and could now be barred from the African Union.

Kenya's foreign minister, Moses Wetangula accused Eritrea of arming, training, recruiting and supplying insurgents in Somalia.

So to get Eritrea's response to these accusations, Damian Zane called up the information minister Ali Abdu.

We voiced over his answers due to the poor telephone quality

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