US threatens sanctions against Eritrea

United States, Britain, France and Mexico are leading the charge to impose UN sanctions on Eritrea for it's support for al Qaida linked al Shabaab. However, China is not very enthusiastic about imposing sanctions on Eritrea since it has economic interests in the region.

This all started after President Obama's inauguration, which al Shabaab threatened to attack with suicide bombers. The US quietly threatened to attack Eriteria, over its support for al Shabaab, if the attack had occured.

Reuters

WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Eritrea has only a short time to stop undermining security in Somalia or face possible U.N. sanctions, Washington's ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said on Wednesday.

Rice told a congressional committee the United States was "deeply concerned and very frustrated" with Eritrea's behavior in Somalia, including arming and funding Islamist insurgents

"It is unacceptable, and we will not tolerate it, and nor will other members of the Security Council," she told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.[...]

Somalia's government and others have accused Eritrea of supplying arms to insurgents in breach of a U.N. embargo that allows such shipments only to the government.

Even al Shabaab admitted to receiving arms from Eritrea.