Edited sentence: During her African tour in August 2009, U.Eritrea denies these claims.Relations between the two nations met notable strain in 2009, when U.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Eritrea of supporting al-Shabaab and has threatened to "take action" against Eritrea if it does not cease its alleged support for the rebels, while also voicing her nation's support for the legitimate government.intelligence implicated that Eritrea has actively supported Muslim terrorist groups such as al-Shabaab in war-torn Somalia, where they have beaten back the UN-backed Transistional Federal Government in the south and conquered most of Mogadishu, the nation's capital