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February 12, 2012
Paddy Ankunda, commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu, called on East African nations to collaborate with the African Union in its efforts to eradicate al-Shabaab, Somalia's Shabelle Media Network reported on Sunday (February 12th).
The request for regional co-operation came two days after al-Qaeda's formal induction of al-Shabaab on Thursday, which Ankunda dismissed as nothing new. He said that the two terrorist organisations were already working together, but only recently announced it openly. \
The affiliation announcement is a sign that the ongoing military efforts against al-Shabaab are weakening them financially, he said.
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![Soldiers and emergency services personnel search through the rubble outside the United Nations office in Mogadishu shortly after an al-Shabaab attack Wednesday (June 19th). [Dahir Jabril/Sabahi]](/shared/images/2013/06/19/somalia-shabaab-un-100_67.jpg)
![An employee walks past seats inside Kenya's newly-refurbished parliament last August. The two chambers are battling over a bill allocating funds to the 47 county governments. [Simon Maina/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/06/19/kenya-assembly-senate-100_67.jpg)
![Tanzanian farmers in Muleba district prepare food from bananas grown on government-owned land. Under the draft constitution, land rights would be transferred to the states of Zanzibar and Tanganyika. [Simon Maina/AFP/FAO]](/shared/images/2013/06/18/tanzania-land-constitution-100_67.jpg)
![People walk past a sign in Nairobi advertising Airtel, a telecommunications firm which the Indian giant Bharti Airtel acquired in 2010. India is among eight countries that have signed double taxation treaties with Kenya. [Tony Karumba/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/06/18/kenya-india-airtel-100_67.jpg)
![Members of the Somali National Army and the government-allied Ras Kamboni militia wave the Somali flag from the former control tower of the Kismayo airport in celebration of its capture on October 2, 2012. [AFP Photo/AU-UN IST Photo/Stuart Price]](/shared/images/2013/06/10/somalia-kismayo-unrest-100_67.jpg)
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You are not dealing with a conventional military force here; you're dealing with an insurgency and you absolutely need the assistance of the locals, to provide information about exactly who is al-Shabab and who is not. So you can send in forces as you wish, but you need to have a situation where people say, "We are sick and tired of this, and we have to find a peaceful solution." You're not going to find peace through the use of military force.