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SoteloLofton

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". She said some of the mothers had walked up to six days with no food to try to find help. Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. "What we need is assurances from the World Food Programme and from other agencies, the United Nations or other agencies, both public and in the non-governmental sector, who are willing to go into Somalia who will tell us affirmatively that they are not being taxed by al-Shabab, they are not being subjected to bribes from al-Shabab,

BardenDavidson

News International has said a May 2007 letter from the firm had made it believe that hacking was a "matter of the past" and confined to a single rogue reporter. Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. Those conditions include more than 30% of children being acutely malnourished, and four children out of every 10,000 dying daily. 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.

LernerToledo

The US considers al-Shabab a terrorist group and last year stopped aid to the large area of Somalia it controls. But US aid officials say assurances must be given that the insurgents will not interfere with its distribution. "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. Those conditions include more than 30% of children being acutely malnourished, and four children out of every 10,000 dying daily. News International has said a May 2007 letter from the firm had made it believe that hacking was a "matter of the past" and confined to a single rogue reporter. Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. 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. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that Washington would provide an extra $28m in emergency aid to counter the famine.

MorrisseyMcgregor

The US considers al-Shabab a terrorist group and last year stopped aid to the large area of Somalia it controls. She said there had been a "surge of inquiries and requests for assistance from the public and solicitors". Those conditions include more than 30% of children being acutely malnourished, and four children out of every 10,000 dying daily. 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. 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.

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Families have built their own homes at the camp with tree branches, wood and plastic sheets, he says. Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group which controls large swathes of south and central Somalia, had imposed a ban on foreign aid agencies in its territories in 2009, but has recently allowed limited access. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed. During Wednesday's House of Commons debate on the phone-hacking scandal, MPs called on News International to publish the full exchanges about e-mails examined by the legal firm. 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. 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.