Downing Street confirms that the prime minister received and responded to a letter from Labour MP Tom Watson last October, in which he had raised concerns about Mr Coulson BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says this marks a considerable change in policy from Washington. Nearly half the Somali population - 3.7 million people - were in crisis, he said, with most of them in the south. In Somalia's war-ravaged capital, Mogadishu, the BBC's Mohamed Mwalimu says more than 4,000 people are crammed into one camp, called Safety. Families have built their own homes at the camp with tree branches, wood and plastic sheets, he says. Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that "with hindsight" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications chief, in the closest he has come to an apology. The UN has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as the region experiences the worst drought in more than half a century.19030 33978 31209 44957 1777 1616 8290 48751 23400 6372 19423 4418 17384 29204 41690 8118 5316 18362 4237 38971 836 8393 40564 42896 9750 37604 47381 32387 42755 39320 42629 15559 27272 7492 40900 24008 25033 24842 43079 39295 38828 7477 40793 49179 20700 44653 23061 29279 24865 19752 24613 9632 42508 13426 29335 10796 42615 37660 35064 13029 4266 25839 5530 33882 12878 4513 25979 10017 37833 17400 32968 29456 25043 14010 241 42557 16821 41263 21929 14947 14506 17093 7199 22376 14757 33065 22618 13879 27379 30129 30973 36911 39482 29878 35656 12689 2762 7252 35736 16531 18036 12722 41150 7067 37113 44725 34482 28393 13243 36578 43413 1544 15458 19599 48915 35932 18111 32476 18557 29707 30891 11933 32365 7607 36405 45582 39993 44836 27713 36726 40349 9437 5967 5553 46232 1869 25611 268 35208 19203 48664 43674 741 40438 36322 29488 20965 18747 31096 49675 43900 18984 37873 5836 35437 6374 30295 33725 19891 40972 4942 39176 888 26211 45962 33915 44952 9997 23573 47396 9829 17947 46977 49357 31146 36744 11431 41103 20713 6581 24045 20159 13385 28022 42277 20541 21086 373 18982 39791 20241 41693 28952 43509 14982 8628 43019 23630 44248 3147 34617 10846 45363 33917 38948 25208 22045 38558 23920 48725 44120 38520 12143 13710 16548 33763 25399 21436 33658 24856 11958 44807 40171 33581 26259 17283 38663 3633 33974 21952 43073 37369 46888 17742 21232 12712 24717 28976 38764 16450 48538 32245 25533 20510 45219 31334 28906 15229 26461 30724
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Downing Street confirms that the prime minister received and responded to a letter from Labour MP Tom Watson last October, in which he had raised concerns about Mr Coulson BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says this marks a considerable change in policy from Washington. Nearly half the Somali population - 3.7 million people - were in crisis, he said, with most of them in the south. In Somalia's war-ravaged capital, Mogadishu, the BBC's Mohamed Mwalimu says more than 4,000 people are crammed into one camp, called Safety. Families have built their own homes at the camp with tree branches, wood and plastic sheets, he says. Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that "with hindsight" he would not have hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications chief, in the closest he has come to an apology. The UN has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as the region experiences the worst drought in more than half a century.19030 33978 31209 44957 1777 1616 8290 48751 23400 6372 19423 4418 17384 29204 41690 8118 5316 18362 4237 38971 836 8393 40564 42896 9750 37604 47381 32387 42755 39320 42629 15559 27272 7492 40900 24008 25033 24842 43079 39295 38828 7477 40793 49179 20700 44653 23061 29279 24865 19752 24613 9632 42508 13426 29335 10796 42615 37660 35064 13029 4266 25839 5530 33882 12878 4513 25979 10017 37833 17400 32968 29456 25043 14010 241 42557 16821 41263 21929 14947 14506 17093 7199 22376 14757 33065 22618 13879 27379 30129 30973 36911 39482 29878 35656 12689 2762 7252 35736 16531 18036 12722 41150 7067 37113 44725 34482 28393 13243 36578 43413 1544 15458 19599 48915 35932 18111 32476 18557 29707 30891 11933 32365 7607 36405 45582 39993 44836 27713 36726 40349 9437 5967 5553 46232 1869 25611 268 35208 19203 48664 43674 741 40438 36322 29488 20965 18747 31096 49675 43900 18984 37873 5836 35437 6374 30295 33725 19891 40972 4942 39176 888 26211 45962 33915 44952 9997 23573 47396 9829 17947 46977 49357 31146 36744 11431 41103 20713 6581 24045 20159 13385 28022 42277 20541 21086 373 18982 39791 20241 41693 28952 43509 14982 8628 43019 23630 44248 3147 34617 10846 45363 33917 38948 25208 22045 38558 23920 48725 44120 38520 12143 13710 16548 33763 25399 21436 33658 24856 11958 44807 40171 33581 26259 17283 38663 3633 33974 21952 43073 37369 46888 17742 21232 12712 24717 28976 38764 16450 48538 32245 25533 20510 45219 31334 28906 15229 26461 30724