UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed. The UN said the humanitarian situation in Somalia's southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle districts had deteriorated rapidly and declared them to be suffering a famine. "The overall requirement is $1.6bn (�990m) for Somalia, roughly $300m is needed in the next two months to provide an adequate response to famine-affected areas. Children and adults are dying at an appalling rate," Mr Ban said. The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said the ongoing conflict in Somalia had made it extremely difficult for agencies to access communities in the south, which are controlled by al-Shabab.5200 15900 43357 11752 8622 1207 6558 34369 9357 49647 43703 1884 29020 16920 11075 41063 24640 5314 35037 43985 21784 30379 35638 27814 35847 37326 40282 27573 44251 22518 33841 36759 9989 1572 47509 28309 33109 40660 40959 17022 9913 10008 39390 43547 37839 43756 38011 46658 3571 29333 2989 8695 30189 38698 34612 24771 30332 15469 25921 21217 11000 28907 40147 36798 15801 6963 41966 27404 19397 32725 7975 34075 14374 17939 34062 11803 41062 42116 40059 42127 49309 43591 23995 14886 19530 25142 6555 21242 16967 22678 47986 17572 14646 19634 6056 30998 19846 2563 27653 30907 1804 10559 27228 20808 21362 18894 44269 12215 4622 22763 33804 38283 25444 33878 21903 17399 4863 25162 17210 40697 423 20578 10458 46694 34748 40391 19384 44744 11902 3058 41969 38432 14345 9139 40304 38756 16270 3152 43535 624 30932 44313 16600 44228 38932 9717 42168 30809 47714 38626 26063 44731 35379 37044 30466 31183 106 30548 36187 31066 49519 49528 317 1574 30867 45359 23888 16321 43641 33199 1100 1716 31669 16575 9736 6123 4011 16194 7810 24962 48208 38592 47009 23261 26944 47223 3091 27286 28602 9097 38636 35787 16988 12423 1079 31383 44012 15014 13349 43590 35834 25727 37181 14506 37519 24310 13005 18698 27269 24317 27142 33871 22749 11162 32849 10934 2534 27009 24556 33652 42281 46591 37720 34559 44582 15316 34738 19186 15481 28310 12114 38986 2871 14187 39227 22417 1403 32466 35798 2596 34200 34368 18 4272 31887 4745 12959 5871 29601 40212
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed. The UN said the humanitarian situation in Somalia's southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle districts had deteriorated rapidly and declared them to be suffering a famine. "The overall requirement is $1.6bn (�990m) for Somalia, roughly $300m is needed in the next two months to provide an adequate response to famine-affected areas. Children and adults are dying at an appalling rate," Mr Ban said. The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia said the ongoing conflict in Somalia had made it extremely difficult for agencies to access communities in the south, which are controlled by al-Shabab.5200 15900 43357 11752 8622 1207 6558 34369 9357 49647 43703 1884 29020 16920 11075 41063 24640 5314 35037 43985 21784 30379 35638 27814 35847 37326 40282 27573 44251 22518 33841 36759 9989 1572 47509 28309 33109 40660 40959 17022 9913 10008 39390 43547 37839 43756 38011 46658 3571 29333 2989 8695 30189 38698 34612 24771 30332 15469 25921 21217 11000 28907 40147 36798 15801 6963 41966 27404 19397 32725 7975 34075 14374 17939 34062 11803 41062 42116 40059 42127 49309 43591 23995 14886 19530 25142 6555 21242 16967 22678 47986 17572 14646 19634 6056 30998 19846 2563 27653 30907 1804 10559 27228 20808 21362 18894 44269 12215 4622 22763 33804 38283 25444 33878 21903 17399 4863 25162 17210 40697 423 20578 10458 46694 34748 40391 19384 44744 11902 3058 41969 38432 14345 9139 40304 38756 16270 3152 43535 624 30932 44313 16600 44228 38932 9717 42168 30809 47714 38626 26063 44731 35379 37044 30466 31183 106 30548 36187 31066 49519 49528 317 1574 30867 45359 23888 16321 43641 33199 1100 1716 31669 16575 9736 6123 4011 16194 7810 24962 48208 38592 47009 23261 26944 47223 3091 27286 28602 9097 38636 35787 16988 12423 1079 31383 44012 15014 13349 43590 35834 25727 37181 14506 37519 24310 13005 18698 27269 24317 27142 33871 22749 11162 32849 10934 2534 27009 24556 33652 42281 46591 37720 34559 44582 15316 34738 19186 15481 28310 12114 38986 2871 14187 39227 22417 1403 32466 35798 2596 34200 34368 18 4272 31887 4745 12959 5871 29601 40212