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. 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. Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says this marks a considerable change in policy from Washington. 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. She said some of the mothers had walked up to six days with no food to try to find help. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed.66055 56363 185016 112438 90202 189657 179142 60668 185596 144625 19194 218521 74731 5874 173666 208352 125484 79666 238987 43168 11005 184221 57972 51167 118070 234600 97910 27378 101267 80887 39225 167868 119792 130230 47269 161739 44950 249315 23811 233827 236086 161783 107220 39231 27173 94422 22319 216729 42150 240898 175941 90321 151542 83378 66000 131706 248399 133717 244377 105559 91598 151593 209151 104473 105202 101185 98541 194344 208389 11809 163304 126166 55785 5172 57236 99075 76789 18529 23768 23619 212042 131154 235254 110336 154993 198852 16218 36365 64349 165531 163378 161207 4919 168182 142018 84343 202511 2713 183979 175942 245852 77899 8184 30279 77459 49641 34473 146311 26045 216819 54920 229803 109785 220553 143478 210298 166387 98662 199483 156306 85003 62114 130012 42769 98342 2087 121232 137507 112882 222813 146472 74090 84538 97822 27758 134036 122936 204685 32826 105163 164388 119733 10214 97395 110490 183613 51310 34216 24550 181690 167907 103723 53066 27488 90859 183668 197769 215296 181934 75416 178338 146887 33253 53345 70229 230770 145070 11923 192648 9391 87307 211590 65830 94225 241944 215146 51834 32503 182252 164784 200617 86975 112758 181268 54876 42554 20923 56956 7006 94148 186213 157646 22655 207329 176887 17367 86483 206819 27095 129774 38314 39215 91535 15077 94340 206196 37883 208719 35544 125656 131737 165241 32939 17110 124685 91315 33940 101887 248476 27392 209617 88208 4954 98416 73135 179586 188864 108287 167321 224503 128534 94872 5343 52369 126280 161320 245461 97635 86905 98506 4659 62218 21159 131180 212314 20842 124629 5577 82611 85505
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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. 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. Earlier, the Met was accused by MPs of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry. BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says this marks a considerable change in policy from Washington. 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. She said some of the mothers had walked up to six days with no food to try to find help. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed.66055 56363 185016 112438 90202 189657 179142 60668 185596 144625 19194 218521 74731 5874 173666 208352 125484 79666 238987 43168 11005 184221 57972 51167 118070 234600 97910 27378 101267 80887 39225 167868 119792 130230 47269 161739 44950 249315 23811 233827 236086 161783 107220 39231 27173 94422 22319 216729 42150 240898 175941 90321 151542 83378 66000 131706 248399 133717 244377 105559 91598 151593 209151 104473 105202 101185 98541 194344 208389 11809 163304 126166 55785 5172 57236 99075 76789 18529 23768 23619 212042 131154 235254 110336 154993 198852 16218 36365 64349 165531 163378 161207 4919 168182 142018 84343 202511 2713 183979 175942 245852 77899 8184 30279 77459 49641 34473 146311 26045 216819 54920 229803 109785 220553 143478 210298 166387 98662 199483 156306 85003 62114 130012 42769 98342 2087 121232 137507 112882 222813 146472 74090 84538 97822 27758 134036 122936 204685 32826 105163 164388 119733 10214 97395 110490 183613 51310 34216 24550 181690 167907 103723 53066 27488 90859 183668 197769 215296 181934 75416 178338 146887 33253 53345 70229 230770 145070 11923 192648 9391 87307 211590 65830 94225 241944 215146 51834 32503 182252 164784 200617 86975 112758 181268 54876 42554 20923 56956 7006 94148 186213 157646 22655 207329 176887 17367 86483 206819 27095 129774 38314 39215 91535 15077 94340 206196 37883 208719 35544 125656 131737 165241 32939 17110 124685 91315 33940 101887 248476 27392 209617 88208 4954 98416 73135 179586 188864 108287 167321 224503 128534 94872 5343 52369 126280 161320 245461 97635 86905 98506 4659 62218 21159 131180 212314 20842 124629 5577 82611 85505