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. 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. 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. Labour MP Nick Raynsford said that, when Mr Coulson was at Downing Street, the cabinet secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing against a senior government official - the cabinet secretary later denied it. She said there had been a "surge of inquiries and requests for assistance from the public and solicitors". Some children look like skeletons while others have swollen legs and hands, he adds. She said the US had already provided $431m this year in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, but that was "not enough".213647 40556 205973 98929 44149 56175 189146 248218 208139 125730 234814 6216 183772 115039 238288 243261 72627 94141 136387 226283 112630 38299 51247 159324 38005 187851 218132 144237 12158 178347 60241 41680 75710 151059 146542 171009 103620 98571 40911 164517 76972 134952 182946 125919 68659 162180 135231 197920 120348 249165 118247 64700 23495 81411 248393 175313 239361 46650 61000 106261 88001 44884 236120 29793 65604 193126 180526 32699 218540 67316 139593 224061 53299 221860 149280 227784 105365 175308 90751 125851 52680 20239 23881 12974 60125 245510 18267 244239 152654 221252 181637 57116 37658 184656 76536 32101 148801 153103 60431 125523 231693 102470 229403 53168 109529 144270 11424 51692 182166 20679 69943 64150 205867 185121 53756 67834 21049 223182 219784 70089 174915 186294 130064 247261 135682 82578 186389 118555 145331 117143 78951 202305 114918 215271 144150 200105 40800 220737 153377 165777 234123 216600 62162 132008 151357 117510 101081 102534 130950 8717 11108 175682 183345 240288 200606 45427 222503 232120 167454 27003 207906 142784 156276 65028 191726 117545 199115 240630 40917 103536 26993 50328 69813 54080 85933 208319 124152 248019 95896 18155 231442 83763 237683 136645 106060 153277 19009 124658 14655 98718 227655 58777 53352 126420 207828 91329 60352 247130 190347 33767 168444 110464 61720 27375 231759 210781 105862 129320 154382 242279 171275 224454 136222 149353 45573 124156 155130 19739 208843 38377 98596 74491 226007 192209 125949 218296 246975 193384 96128 244586 148055 127018 57800 62214 99623 120895 22144 210268 154860 145296 47412 139631 220250 22402 177490 3211 172523 153912 80812 83683
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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. 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. 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. Labour MP Nick Raynsford said that, when Mr Coulson was at Downing Street, the cabinet secretary was alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing against a senior government official - the cabinet secretary later denied it. She said there had been a "surge of inquiries and requests for assistance from the public and solicitors". Some children look like skeletons while others have swollen legs and hands, he adds. She said the US had already provided $431m this year in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, but that was "not enough".213647 40556 205973 98929 44149 56175 189146 248218 208139 125730 234814 6216 183772 115039 238288 243261 72627 94141 136387 226283 112630 38299 51247 159324 38005 187851 218132 144237 12158 178347 60241 41680 75710 151059 146542 171009 103620 98571 40911 164517 76972 134952 182946 125919 68659 162180 135231 197920 120348 249165 118247 64700 23495 81411 248393 175313 239361 46650 61000 106261 88001 44884 236120 29793 65604 193126 180526 32699 218540 67316 139593 224061 53299 221860 149280 227784 105365 175308 90751 125851 52680 20239 23881 12974 60125 245510 18267 244239 152654 221252 181637 57116 37658 184656 76536 32101 148801 153103 60431 125523 231693 102470 229403 53168 109529 144270 11424 51692 182166 20679 69943 64150 205867 185121 53756 67834 21049 223182 219784 70089 174915 186294 130064 247261 135682 82578 186389 118555 145331 117143 78951 202305 114918 215271 144150 200105 40800 220737 153377 165777 234123 216600 62162 132008 151357 117510 101081 102534 130950 8717 11108 175682 183345 240288 200606 45427 222503 232120 167454 27003 207906 142784 156276 65028 191726 117545 199115 240630 40917 103536 26993 50328 69813 54080 85933 208319 124152 248019 95896 18155 231442 83763 237683 136645 106060 153277 19009 124658 14655 98718 227655 58777 53352 126420 207828 91329 60352 247130 190347 33767 168444 110464 61720 27375 231759 210781 105862 129320 154382 242279 171275 224454 136222 149353 45573 124156 155130 19739 208843 38377 98596 74491 226007 192209 125949 218296 246975 193384 96128 244586 148055 127018 57800 62214 99623 120895 22144 210268 154860 145296 47412 139631 220250 22402 177490 3211 172523 153912 80812 83683