The UK Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, said the response by many European and developed countries to the crisis in the Horn of Africa had been "derisory and dangerously inadequate". "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. In April 2010 US President Barack Obama issued an executive order naming al-Shabab a terrorist organisation, meaning no US aid could go to areas under its control, our analyst adds. He said the goal was to save lives, "not to play a game of 'gotcha' with a UN agency or any other group that is brave enough to go in and provide that assistance". An estimated 10 million people have been affected in East Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. More than 166,000 desperate Somalis are estimated to have fled their country to neighbouring Kenya or Ethiopia. He said discussions with al-Shabab about the safe distribution of food aid were taking place at a local level, and that responses were expected to differ depending on the locality. The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says the emotive word "famine" is used rarely and carefully by humanitarian organisations, and it is the first time since 1992 that the word has been applied to a situation in Somalia.14363 39385 23734 18940 10973 30619 36189 46158 38385 47777 24243 44515 24626 5714 47417 401 12411 17902 16104 15977 11504 6530 9510 15052 7599 13004 23266 18266 20728 47278 11351 7078 10181 9755 6574 8587 16492 16932 11286 3697 8087 48998 4684 603 18468 25980 42708 1661 13397 8185 22957 13949 46215 19275 6090 8177 30417 8861 11528 48072 8132 18789 26606 41381 37157 17212 35020 15185 49218 39203 34596 45522 6882 12777 8314 12772 2137 9082 46752 32571 21109 22015 5054 12716 25934 47590 11165 41822 4028 48501 28992 7880 5828 13473 45866 39913 23775 13877 14506 1166 41214 28392 2463 24899 24444 27128 7261 34240 10907 43631 6322 21946 12474 29698 28263 37060 13677 14536 16350 39394 6353 43204 11162 877 11008 27343 40467 43860 17087 19246 39676 38661 45019 45689 41603 42714 19846 31262 38840 48739 40884 27520 31600 10698 42724 7609 45680 26948 35644 9584 26995 9267 47763 25377 45089 47882 17808 1706 14051 46921 36927 13757 17944 42376 4257 18262 26687 16752 38064 35683 18114 32927 25983 17769 48776 29693 12487 408 8655 3417 31628 14202 8685 7496 42134 30864 41208 21221 704 43743 25962 18408 17879 42027 12629 27783 9995 39022 6669 25625 31726 30021 38928 49975 42146 44140 34230 30989 26565 16488 36235 17377 43208 10581 16265 23663 5202 10380 395 24530 27392 6094 16116 44356 10357 49889 15804 34031 5238 22389 20363 24057 44212 34053 22998 2081 25755 8745 15877 47949 46597 10633 44430 35119 8036 8681 25436 7134 26614 39434
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The UK Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, said the response by many European and developed countries to the crisis in the Horn of Africa had been "derisory and dangerously inadequate". "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. In April 2010 US President Barack Obama issued an executive order naming al-Shabab a terrorist organisation, meaning no US aid could go to areas under its control, our analyst adds. He said the goal was to save lives, "not to play a game of 'gotcha' with a UN agency or any other group that is brave enough to go in and provide that assistance". An estimated 10 million people have been affected in East Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. More than 166,000 desperate Somalis are estimated to have fled their country to neighbouring Kenya or Ethiopia. He said discussions with al-Shabab about the safe distribution of food aid were taking place at a local level, and that responses were expected to differ depending on the locality. The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says the emotive word "famine" is used rarely and carefully by humanitarian organisations, and it is the first time since 1992 that the word has been applied to a situation in Somalia.14363 39385 23734 18940 10973 30619 36189 46158 38385 47777 24243 44515 24626 5714 47417 401 12411 17902 16104 15977 11504 6530 9510 15052 7599 13004 23266 18266 20728 47278 11351 7078 10181 9755 6574 8587 16492 16932 11286 3697 8087 48998 4684 603 18468 25980 42708 1661 13397 8185 22957 13949 46215 19275 6090 8177 30417 8861 11528 48072 8132 18789 26606 41381 37157 17212 35020 15185 49218 39203 34596 45522 6882 12777 8314 12772 2137 9082 46752 32571 21109 22015 5054 12716 25934 47590 11165 41822 4028 48501 28992 7880 5828 13473 45866 39913 23775 13877 14506 1166 41214 28392 2463 24899 24444 27128 7261 34240 10907 43631 6322 21946 12474 29698 28263 37060 13677 14536 16350 39394 6353 43204 11162 877 11008 27343 40467 43860 17087 19246 39676 38661 45019 45689 41603 42714 19846 31262 38840 48739 40884 27520 31600 10698 42724 7609 45680 26948 35644 9584 26995 9267 47763 25377 45089 47882 17808 1706 14051 46921 36927 13757 17944 42376 4257 18262 26687 16752 38064 35683 18114 32927 25983 17769 48776 29693 12487 408 8655 3417 31628 14202 8685 7496 42134 30864 41208 21221 704 43743 25962 18408 17879 42027 12629 27783 9995 39022 6669 25625 31726 30021 38928 49975 42146 44140 34230 30989 26565 16488 36235 17377 43208 10581 16265 23663 5202 10380 395 24530 27392 6094 16116 44356 10357 49889 15804 34031 5238 22389 20363 24057 44212 34053 22998 2081 25755 8745 15877 47949 46597 10633 44430 35119 8036 8681 25436 7134 26614 39434