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". 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. She said the US had already provided $431m this year in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, but that was "not enough". But US aid officials say assurances must be given that the insurgents will not interfere with its distribution.108443 72707 236264 118380 34527 136209 196474 40826 154559 171508 21868 78070 35510 144163 172023 46699 48937 69603 225257 97809 142866 249158 228457 154896 70387 43544 183157 91795 67477 80347 153010 23036 78381 76321 74453 21510 193292 170669 231209 210052 42140 139504 39068 72000 44077 45745 16924 122400 118815 39289 17420 126384 126996 33799 107538 109282 94287 81371 48081 240973 203041 104647 223442 74228 18477 248812 249679 209184 69776 150438 103411 128307 88419 15122 55758 3344 210093 156450 110759 24587 26609 60824 222936 28117 63013 26647 146140 44601 218755 215163 177279 111848 122617 240266 7012 187520 166114 214884 53587 45272 46059 57818 52704 218404 185893 139159 37936 111739 228145 104119 149180 187892 220576 23427 214329 142311 131799 195301 11266 241851 102627 205058 240456 104544 223201 241589 5684 98122 8132 118164 87329 245253 102907 65586 228577 218885 8089 4490 92297 173819 238731 34397 66593 114609 66041 239444 141317 99092 25904 114710 55790 220773 203570 61726 192614 91027 67352 198052 245260 194293 133493 189873 103595 109891 16877 154007 84919 155143 44932 245427 134239 127313 102958 87565 3090 68406 138607 125874 38629 233787 100222 156600 72220 143452 62566 116474 41622 41268 122961 137580 151640 60167 9255 148018 40311 48932 180758 206580 97722 162035 154584 236228 54270 30516 230568 178454 117748 116047 58653 124317 202418 191519 159423 11444 94041 226898 117566 210182 47390 150387 112286 43584 32184 157403 93782 74143 117953 204977 47180 204184 137644 182000 28070 126692 79233 114043 102357 41631 162972 134127 248698 175620 232761 248651 185178 210158 150648 247789 54086 63580
WarnerBlodgett
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". 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. She said the US had already provided $431m this year in emergency aid to the Horn of Africa, but that was "not enough". But US aid officials say assurances must be given that the insurgents will not interfere with its distribution.108443 72707 236264 118380 34527 136209 196474 40826 154559 171508 21868 78070 35510 144163 172023 46699 48937 69603 225257 97809 142866 249158 228457 154896 70387 43544 183157 91795 67477 80347 153010 23036 78381 76321 74453 21510 193292 170669 231209 210052 42140 139504 39068 72000 44077 45745 16924 122400 118815 39289 17420 126384 126996 33799 107538 109282 94287 81371 48081 240973 203041 104647 223442 74228 18477 248812 249679 209184 69776 150438 103411 128307 88419 15122 55758 3344 210093 156450 110759 24587 26609 60824 222936 28117 63013 26647 146140 44601 218755 215163 177279 111848 122617 240266 7012 187520 166114 214884 53587 45272 46059 57818 52704 218404 185893 139159 37936 111739 228145 104119 149180 187892 220576 23427 214329 142311 131799 195301 11266 241851 102627 205058 240456 104544 223201 241589 5684 98122 8132 118164 87329 245253 102907 65586 228577 218885 8089 4490 92297 173819 238731 34397 66593 114609 66041 239444 141317 99092 25904 114710 55790 220773 203570 61726 192614 91027 67352 198052 245260 194293 133493 189873 103595 109891 16877 154007 84919 155143 44932 245427 134239 127313 102958 87565 3090 68406 138607 125874 38629 233787 100222 156600 72220 143452 62566 116474 41622 41268 122961 137580 151640 60167 9255 148018 40311 48932 180758 206580 97722 162035 154584 236228 54270 30516 230568 178454 117748 116047 58653 124317 202418 191519 159423 11444 94041 226898 117566 210182 47390 150387 112286 43584 32184 157403 93782 74143 117953 204977 47180 204184 137644 182000 28070 126692 79233 114043 102357 41631 162972 134127 248698 175620 232761 248651 185178 210158 150648 247789 54086 63580