Al-Shabaab operates as an East African affiliate of Al-Qaeda

Evidence

Armed security warned us about the possibility of their return, which locals knew could be on any day and at any moment. The East African affiliate of Al-Qaeda descends upon young boys like Mohamed as potential recruits, and steals the wares of laborers like Kalsoum. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 130