08 Aug 2009
Kenya expels an Eritrean diplomat for alleged security reasons a day after the US Secretary of State visited the country and accused Asmara of destabilizing the region.

Quoting officials, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper said the Kenyan government had deported the Eritrean diplomat on Friday.

"There are two cases involving Eritrean nationals who were deported on security-related grounds," the paper quoted an immigration department spokesman as saying.

The Nation did not name the envoy, and said the other Eritrean was a businessman who was expelled a month ago.

Eritrea denies supporting militants in Somalia, and in turn accuses the United States of causing more bloodshed in the failed Horn of Africa nation by sending tons of weapons and ammunition to the Somali government.

On Thursday, Hillary Clinton had warned that the US would take action against Eritrea if Asmara did not stop supporting the Somali insurgents, including al Shabaab, Kenyan media reported.
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