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they told us that the fighting that took place in mogadishu today enhanced their fears that militantin the region might retaliate and could prevent them from distributing small-scalefood packages to those in the region. >> talk about the reality of how the situation on the horn of africa was able to get this bad. >> i think if we're talking about countries like kenya and ethiopia, it is for government -- poor government. the government here did not take the proper reactions. but the main reason, i think, is there are small ngo closing working in the country, but for large-scale distribution of aid to the country, it is the political situation in somalia -- there are small ngo's working in the country. >> suicide bombers armed with guns killed at least 19 people in southern afghanistan. six militants stormed the government buildings in the provincial capital. ree othem detonat the explosives. police are believed to have killed the remaining three. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the deadliest to hit southern afghanistan in six months. nato has declared two
they told us that the fighting that took place in mogadishu today enhanced their fears that militantin the region might retaliate and could prevent them from distributing small-scalefood packages to those in the region. >> talk about the reality of how the situation on the horn of africa was able to get this bad. >> i think if we're talking about countries like kenya and ethiopia, it is for government -- poor government. the government here did not take the proper reactions. but the...
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bbc news, mogadishu.o julianaoss over for an update on efforts to find consensus in the south china sea. >> absolutely, who owns it? it is a simple enough question, but the answer is more complicated. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has been in bali. analysts across the region have been analyzing the issue. >> it is believed the south china sea is rich in oil and gas, but that has yet to be proved. countries are competing with each other to stake a claim. china has the largest claim over the south china sea. it says it owns all of it. other countries all say they own parts of it. in recent weeks, there have been skirmishes between the philippines and china and between vietnam and china. the fear is if this problem is not solved soon, it could destabilize the region competing countries against each other. >> malaysia has military presence on some of the beach is a claims. that includes its popular diving resort, which is important to the tourism industry. officials say that its claims are in li
bbc news, mogadishu.o julianaoss over for an update on efforts to find consensus in the south china sea. >> absolutely, who owns it? it is a simple enough question, but the answer is more complicated. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has been in bali. analysts across the region have been analyzing the issue. >> it is believed the south china sea is rich in oil and gas, but that has yet to be proved. countries are competing with each other to stake a claim. china has the...
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>> well, shg, i can as you kno covering mogadishu, and at the same time being concentrated on mogadishuther regions, and yet, there are people fleeing to the camps and as far as i understand they are being taken care of in those camps and i understand as well for the time being that the aid has increased, and we think it is because a majority has moved from the regions and a majority of them have been hindered of moving from where they are. >> richard, as you are working in mogadishu, how difficult with the unrest in the surrounding areas for you to effectively do your job for the u.n. as office for the coordination of human affairs? >> well, if you may, well, it is very difficult. you know, mogadishu, it is a city at war. we are working in a low profile. we have seen a lot of people angry at the u.n., but the reason we do not see the u.n. is because we are wosrking low profile internationally, and if i may finish, two days ago, we were visiting the biggest camp in mogadishu and we had to stop because fights erupted inside of the camp, and that tells you how difficult it is here in moga
>> well, shg, i can as you kno covering mogadishu, and at the same time being concentrated on mogadishuther regions, and yet, there are people fleeing to the camps and as far as i understand they are being taken care of in those camps and i understand as well for the time being that the aid has increased, and we think it is because a majority has moved from the regions and a majority of them have been hindered of moving from where they are. >> richard, as you are working in...
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well it's probably the most poorly kept secret in mogadishu if it is secret because everyone from the kids chewing khat leaves on the street to senior government officials certainly knows that the cia has set up a base at the airport in fact you can see it from the tarmac as you're standing there waiting to board planes or as you get off the planes it's a fairly big compound with walls that guarded guard towers in all four corners and the reason it caught my attention was because it looked very much like the u.s. forward operating bases that i've seen in afghanistan and elsewhere and then when i started talking to government officials from the u.s. back somali government and intelligence officials on the ground i did. covered that in fact it was a cia base and that they were training and paying somali counterterrorism agents and they're trying to set up an indigenous strike force capable of doing targeted kill and capture operations against the militant group al-shabaab now you also reported that your son line source for one of them that you spoke you said that these guys are lined up
well it's probably the most poorly kept secret in mogadishu if it is secret because everyone from the kids chewing khat leaves on the street to senior government officials certainly knows that the cia has set up a base at the airport in fact you can see it from the tarmac as you're standing there waiting to board planes or as you get off the planes it's a fairly big compound with walls that guarded guard towers in all four corners and the reason it caught my attention was because it looked very...
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in mogadishu, aid workers tried their best to save lives every day. one refugee from southern somalia said she is looking for help from the outside world. she says the drought has taken everything they have and the children are close to dying. the suffering is appalling. refugees seeking shelter in the devastated capital, mogadishu. for many, it is their best hope. at least here, there is some degree of assistance. most of the city is under the control of the pro-western federal government, supported by african user peacekeepers. it is dangerous for everyone, including international aid organizations. few foreigners risk of entering into the city. those who do rely on the armed escorts. when representatives pay a visit to refugee camps, -- when you and representatives pay a visit to representative q g camps -- when u.n . representatives visit refugee camps, they come into the armored transports. >> we are trying to reach those in the epicenter of the famine conditions in southern, -- southern somalia. it is risky, but we have to reach people that are
in mogadishu, aid workers tried their best to save lives every day. one refugee from southern somalia said she is looking for help from the outside world. she says the drought has taken everything they have and the children are close to dying. the suffering is appalling. refugees seeking shelter in the devastated capital, mogadishu. for many, it is their best hope. at least here, there is some degree of assistance. most of the city is under the control of the pro-western federal government,...
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backed government in mogadishu only controls thirty square miles of the capital city much of the rest of the city and in fact the country is in the hands of warlords clans or al-shabaab and i really want to get into this. prison that you were told about what goes on there when we talk about interrogations are u.s. officials directly involved in the interrogations are these harsh interrogation techniques and you get any of those details i just want to be clear that what i reported in my article was what i felt that i had journalistically had the right to report in other words i had multiple sources i believe that it was true on the issue of harsh interrogation i don't have any information that i can report that there is torture taking place in the prison or anything that we would know in this country as harsh interrogation techniques having said that the conditions in the prison themselves sound to me like abuse it's in a dungeon where there are no windows and no sunlight the air was described to me as thick and disgusting in a totally unsanitary conditions bed bug infestation througho
backed government in mogadishu only controls thirty square miles of the capital city much of the rest of the city and in fact the country is in the hands of warlords clans or al-shabaab and i really want to get into this. prison that you were told about what goes on there when we talk about interrogations are u.s. officials directly involved in the interrogations are these harsh interrogation techniques and you get any of those details i just want to be clear that what i reported in my article...
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we report from mogadishu. >> to move in mogadishu, you need men with guns. the peacekeepers are ready to drive me to the outskirts of this capital. in heavily armored vehicles, we pass through the government controlled areas. despite the war, business is booming. the landscape is changing into every open space. the homes for those fleeing the drought and widespread famine. despite only being 400 meters from the front line, thousands are still pouring into this camp. they are setting up with a few possessions they have managed to bring with them. the real debt of this crisis on the becomes clear once we reached the clinic. mothers get in line, desperate to get help for their severely malnourished children. when sophia had absolutely no food or village, she caught a ride to mogadishu on the back of a lorry with her five children. her son does not look it but he is 12 months old and already in a struggle to survive. despite all the dangers, these families are willing to risk it because life has become so direa at home. some families are reaching here when it is
we report from mogadishu. >> to move in mogadishu, you need men with guns. the peacekeepers are ready to drive me to the outskirts of this capital. in heavily armored vehicles, we pass through the government controlled areas. despite the war, business is booming. the landscape is changing into every open space. the homes for those fleeing the drought and widespread famine. despite only being 400 meters from the front line, thousands are still pouring into this camp. they are setting up...
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attack on my plane as i left mogadishu. but that was not my first visit to mogadishu, nor was it the first attack on a plane that i was boarding, the first happened in early 1992 when i attended and the plane was fired on as we were getting ready to leave mogadishu, but was not airborne, as was the recent attack in 2009. of course, my good luck, they didn't shoot straight and, therefore, i am here to give testimony. i first traveled to mogadishu in the summer of 1993, just following the killing of a pakistani peacekeepers. that was two years after he had been overturned and the country had evolved into a state of lawlessness and warfare. you may recall the united states and other u.n. related countries went to see that the children could get the food that was being sent to somalia, but the distribution was being prevented by the warlords. and there was food there, but children were dying because the warlords would not allow the food to be distributed. and so my first trip was then, and i returned back again in late 93, beca
attack on my plane as i left mogadishu. but that was not my first visit to mogadishu, nor was it the first attack on a plane that i was boarding, the first happened in early 1992 when i attended and the plane was fired on as we were getting ready to leave mogadishu, but was not airborne, as was the recent attack in 2009. of course, my good luck, they didn't shoot straight and, therefore, i am here to give testimony. i first traveled to mogadishu in the summer of 1993, just following the killing...
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in mogadishu. -- terrorist who ran a check point in mogadishu. in october, 2010, there was a dual track approach announced. listening to your advice on the approach to somalia, take into consideration somalia's past and present, as well as its challenges and strengths, we continue to support the peace process for the transitional federal government, its national security forces, and african union mission to somalia. we recognize there are large pockets of stability that merit greater u.s. engagement. we want to broaden our engagement with a small inland, -- with somaliland, puntland, and anti-al- shabaab groups. we want to foster dialogue and peaceful reconciliation. we will do everything we can to provide humanitarian assistance. due to the dedication and sacrifice of tfg forces, al- shabaab can no longer claim control of mogadishu. since 2007, the united states has supported this development by obligating approximately $258 million of support to their training, logistical needs, as well as approximately $85 million to support and build the capa
in mogadishu. -- terrorist who ran a check point in mogadishu. in october, 2010, there was a dual track approach announced. listening to your advice on the approach to somalia, take into consideration somalia's past and present, as well as its challenges and strengths, we continue to support the peace process for the transitional federal government, its national security forces, and african union mission to somalia. we recognize there are large pockets of stability that merit greater u.s....
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across mogadishu, camps like this are springing up. the new arrivals pitching their tents wherever they can. the world food program says that it is currently feeding 1.5 million people here in somalia. many of those here in this town have made that desperate trek up through south and central somalia through the areas held by the al shabab militant groups where aid can reach them. for those 1.5 million that aid is reaching, the world food program estimates there are further 2 million that agencies are unable to get to. the african union forces are fighting to secure the capital. they're trying to ensure that the militants, these people fled, cannot follow them into the safe havens. a job the deputy chairman of the au says his people are succeeding at. now he says it is time for the international community to do more. >> this camp alone is having 1,000 people and there are 150 such camps in mogadishu. you can see the people helping them is the unscom forces. they're not trained to give humanitarian assistance. we need medicine, water, fo
across mogadishu, camps like this are springing up. the new arrivals pitching their tents wherever they can. the world food program says that it is currently feeding 1.5 million people here in somalia. many of those here in this town have made that desperate trek up through south and central somalia through the areas held by the al shabab militant groups where aid can reach them. for those 1.5 million that aid is reaching, the world food program estimates there are further 2 million that...
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they are being transferred to mogadishu from kenya to feed malnourished children. our correspondent has this report. >> the cargo, and 10 tons for severely malnourished children. this their feuded pace is a lifesaver. it is a race against time -- this at nutritional paste is an lifesaver. these times will be going into mogadishu, where it will be distributed for malnourished children. the world food program says the first airlift will feed 3.5000 children for the next month, but given the scale of the problem in somalia, it is just a drop in the ocean. the drought has hit so hard, in parts of the south, over one- third of all children are malnourished. aid agencies say there is a danger that disease could break out. in somalia, almost half of the entire population urgently needs food aid. rations have been cut in recent months. now, there is a massive fund- raising drive to increase the assistance. the somali prime minister has complained that the u.n. has been too slow with the delivery of food. several organizations are trying to access areas being held by the is
they are being transferred to mogadishu from kenya to feed malnourished children. our correspondent has this report. >> the cargo, and 10 tons for severely malnourished children. this their feuded pace is a lifesaver. it is a race against time -- this at nutritional paste is an lifesaver. these times will be going into mogadishu, where it will be distributed for malnourished children. the world food program says the first airlift will feed 3.5000 children for the next month, but given the...
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across mogadishu camps like this are springing up., wherever they can. the world food program says that it's currently feeding 1.5 million people here in somalia. many of those here in this camp have made that desperate trek up through south and central somalia, through the areas held by the al shabaab militant groups into mogadishu where aid can actually reach them. for those 1.5 mill than aid is reaching, the world food program estimates there are a further 2 million that agencies are unable to get to. the african union forces are fighting to secure the capital. they're trying to ensure that the militants, these people fled, cannot follow them into these safe havens. a job the deputy chairman of the au says his people are succeeding at. now he says it's time for the international community to do more. >> this camp alone is helping 1,000 people and there are 130 camps in mogadishu. you can see that the people helping is the forces. forces are not trained to give humanitarian assistance. the aid agencies need to move in here with medi
across mogadishu camps like this are springing up., wherever they can. the world food program says that it's currently feeding 1.5 million people here in somalia. many of those here in this camp have made that desperate trek up through south and central somalia, through the areas held by the al shabaab militant groups into mogadishu where aid can actually reach them. for those 1.5 mill than aid is reaching, the world food program estimates there are a further 2 million that agencies are unable...
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but the port of mogadishu is open, other ports are open. ads, if you know the terrain, work with local partners, the aid groups are very effective. and the local civil society groups and clan structures are there. we just have to work with, get our head around the idea that we can't always work with governments that look like us. we sometimes have to work with traditional authorities and other institution as that do function in settings like this. >> suarez: jeremy one unicef worker on the ground called somalia one of the most dangerous places, if not the most dangerous place to do aid work in the world today is that right? and what makes it so? >> well, i think we need to draw a distinction between the north and the south in this respect. in the north, which is controlled by a variety of groups depending on where you are, including some fairly developed govern-- governments, it is not dangerous at all. there are security lets as you find in any developing country but it's not particularly dangerous for aid workers. it's really concentrated
but the port of mogadishu is open, other ports are open. ads, if you know the terrain, work with local partners, the aid groups are very effective. and the local civil society groups and clan structures are there. we just have to work with, get our head around the idea that we can't always work with governments that look like us. we sometimes have to work with traditional authorities and other institution as that do function in settings like this. >> suarez: jeremy one unicef worker on...
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whereas mogadishu it was limited. this is the only resolution to be introduced in congress that focused on in two decades at that time. i also met with president of putinland, i encourage them to ban today for the future of somali. finally i traveled in 2009 after all of the evil that had occurred during the ethiopia invasion. i met with the president, ministers, journalist, and a prominent coalition of women organizations who were very, very active at that time. these were things that we did not hear about. but that was going on inspite of the violence. as a matter of fact, i was there the day following the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s taking down three somali pirates, and, of course, i was asked at a press conference by al jazeer was there. i made it clear that piracy is illegal. the united states would not tolerate the intrusion of the u.s. ship, and i supported president obama and the navy s.e.a.l.s in the taking down of the three somali pirates. that may have something to do with al shabaab taking a shot at my plane when
whereas mogadishu it was limited. this is the only resolution to be introduced in congress that focused on in two decades at that time. i also met with president of putinland, i encourage them to ban today for the future of somali. finally i traveled in 2009 after all of the evil that had occurred during the ethiopia invasion. i met with the president, ministers, journalist, and a prominent coalition of women organizations who were very, very active at that time. these were things that we did...
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> reporter: horror reaches the streets of mogadishu.ger. these people fled the war here and now they're back, desperate for food and water. huma's husband died of starvation, she said she travelled 400 kilometers to get here in a desperate bid to keep her children alive. my car was blocked by a panicked group of women trying to get some food. please help us, this woman shouts, i am sick. but there is little help for the thousands who come here, the weak transitional federal government controls only part of the capital and has been fighting the al qaeda linked group for years. al shabab has been operating in this area for years. leaving these people trapped and two weeks to make to it the u.n. continues in neighboring kenya. they have come here to the capital in search of help. tens of thousands of somalis arrived in mogadishu just in the last few days. but despite that, this remains one of the hardest places in the world to get food aid to. this is a very dangerous country. as a foreign reporter, i could only be on the streets for a few
> reporter: horror reaches the streets of mogadishu.ger. these people fled the war here and now they're back, desperate for food and water. huma's husband died of starvation, she said she travelled 400 kilometers to get here in a desperate bid to keep her children alive. my car was blocked by a panicked group of women trying to get some food. please help us, this woman shouts, i am sick. but there is little help for the thousands who come here, the weak transitional federal government...
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sac that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it despite the fact that it's a very very serious issue that should be investigated by congress and the red cross and in fact the obama administration itself but i you know i can't answer questions for other media outlets but what i would say is that a.b.c. news in particular ran a story on their website which is that a huge media outlet in the united states ran a story on their website that completely mischaracterize my story and allowed the cia to to shoot down strawman arguments that i hadn't made by asking them to respond to things that i didn't report both c.n.n. and a.b.c. have allowed their facilities their media outlets to use this conveyer belts for the spin of the cia and that's the job of the cia and they do it well but the job of major media outlets should not be to be a conveyor belt for the propaganda of u.s. intelligence agencies so i would leave those those questions for other media outlets as to why t
sac that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it despite the fact that it's a very very serious issue that should be investigated by congress and the red cross and in fact the obama administration itself but i you know i can't answer questions for other media outlets but what i would say is that a.b.c. news in particular ran a story on their website which is that a...
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backed somali government has its headquarters in mogadishu and it's housed in the basement of the national security agency where there are also some cia operatives base and inside this dungeon prison there are no windows there's no sunlight there's a bed bug infestation according to prisoners who've been there mosquitoes all over the place the air is moist thick and disgusting some prisoners are said to be losing their minds there are also reports from prisoners that there were very young boys inside of the prison some people have been held for eighteen months without charge without access to lawyers without access to the red cross in fact the red cross told me that they were not aware of the prison and that they have never been given access to it and among those being held in prison are people that were actually kidnapped snatched from neighboring kenya by kenyan intelligence officials and taken rendered by aircraft to this president mogadishu my understanding also any u.s. official that i interviewed confirm this is that at least one prisoner there was taken based on u.s. intelligence pr
backed somali government has its headquarters in mogadishu and it's housed in the basement of the national security agency where there are also some cia operatives base and inside this dungeon prison there are no windows there's no sunlight there's a bed bug infestation according to prisoners who've been there mosquitoes all over the place the air is moist thick and disgusting some prisoners are said to be losing their minds there are also reports from prisoners that there were very young boys...
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tons of nutritional supplements are being transferred to my condition at -- mogadishu. >> the >> supervisor chu:, 10 tons of food for severely malnourished children in somalia. airlifting is expensive but it is a race against time. we will be bringing in a total of 100 tons within the next few days and i believe 80 will be going to mogadishu where it will be distributed at centers to malnourished children there. the world food program said the first airlift's will feed 3.5000 children but given the scale, this is a drop in the ocean. the drought has hit so hard, parts of the south, over one- third of children are severely malnourished. agencies say with some of the children in a precarious situation, there's a danger disease could break out. russians have been cut in recent months. there is a massive fund raisgra. the usomalians say the un have been too slow. delicate can to -- negotiations continue. the severe drought and food shortage were predicted last year. in somalia, people cannot wait for the aid to reach them. war and hunger are driving more than 1000 somalis into kenya into the re
tons of nutritional supplements are being transferred to my condition at -- mogadishu. >> the >> supervisor chu:, 10 tons of food for severely malnourished children in somalia. airlifting is expensive but it is a race against time. we will be bringing in a total of 100 tons within the next few days and i believe 80 will be going to mogadishu where it will be distributed at centers to malnourished children there. the world food program said the first airlift's will feed 3.5000...
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the capital, mogadishu, is not safe.l a magnet for people in need. >> she is 80 years old and she is taking care of five children. she is the grandmother. the father and mother died because of disease. >> the hardline islamic group al-shabab has links to al qaeda and is fighting the western government of somalia. the government is in control of olli the center of the capital. is these areas where somalis are starving to death. al-shabab has made clear it will continue the activities -- to disrupt the activities of agencies. >> agencies we band before are still banned. some were involved in political activity. others were destroying the lives of our people and we had to ban them too. the last u.n. said -- a u.n. report says there is famine in somalia. we say this is 100% baseless and sheer propaganda. >> the u.n. and the international community face a mammoth challenge. >> it is very dangerous and risky, but we have to reach people. they are not making it all the way to mogadishu. these other ones lucky enough to make a y
the capital, mogadishu, is not safe.l a magnet for people in need. >> she is 80 years old and she is taking care of five children. she is the grandmother. the father and mother died because of disease. >> the hardline islamic group al-shabab has links to al qaeda and is fighting the western government of somalia. the government is in control of olli the center of the capital. is these areas where somalis are starving to death. al-shabab has made clear it will continue the activities...
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. >> reporter: we flew in to mogadishu with the u.n. this morning. they now say the crisis in somalia is the most series food emergency in the world. and when aid reached the city's capitol. there was something else, a gun battle. african peace-keepers, trying to protect the food, firing deadly shots of islamic militants, members of al shabab, who have a grip on much of this country. this crisis is at a breaking point. tens of thousands are fled the country by foot. some walking more than 100 miles to kenya, traveling what the u.n. calls the roads of death. we traveled the perilous route too. and then this mother, sitting beneath the tree. she was almost there. >> and how long was her journey? >> reporter: ten days, she tells us. these are all her belongings from somalia? yes, she says. her own children have run ahead to the tents that now pepper the horizon. the first sign these refugees are nearing the camps. the children, who race to keep up with us, their smiles have returned. a number of refugees swelling in the desert outskirts, s
. >> reporter: we flew in to mogadishu with the u.n. this morning. they now say the crisis in somalia is the most series food emergency in the world. and when aid reached the city's capitol. there was something else, a gun battle. african peace-keepers, trying to protect the food, firing deadly shots of islamic militants, members of al shabab, who have a grip on much of this country. this crisis is at a breaking point. tens of thousands are fled the country by foot. some walking more than...
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they are not making it all way to mogadishu. these are the lucky ones, those who made it here, and even these centers are overrun. >> in northeastern kenya, once proud, now they need food aid simply to survive. but it is the conflict in somalia that has created a famine and the worst drought in this region in decades. >> this sunday, more than 800 same-sex couples will officially tied the knot in new york. it is the latest state to recognize gay marriage. some couples who have charged the same path and other places are now finding getting the divorce is the biggest hurdle. one couple are now fighting to get there -- and their union. >> jessica got married three years ago. it now though, she wants a divorce. >> i think we, like a lot of young couples, were very much in love. but we got to a point in our relationship that we wanted -- we realized we wanted different things in life. >> like other gay couples, jessica and her partner had to travel to california to get married, when just for a few months gay unions became legal there
they are not making it all way to mogadishu. these are the lucky ones, those who made it here, and even these centers are overrun. >> in northeastern kenya, once proud, now they need food aid simply to survive. but it is the conflict in somalia that has created a famine and the worst drought in this region in decades. >> this sunday, more than 800 same-sex couples will officially tied the knot in new york. it is the latest state to recognize gay marriage. some couples who have...
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in somalia, an operation to airlift supplies into the capital mogadishu is underway, the first of 10 missions being carried out by the world food program in response to the severe drought which is ravaging the horn of africa. our correspondent reports. >> the carter, 10 tons of food for a severely nourished children in somalia -- the cargo. the therapeutic paste is a lifesaver. it is a race against time. >> within the next few days, i believe some of this will be going to mogadishu, where it will be distributed at feeding centers too malnourished children there. >> the world food program says the first airlift will feed 350,000 children over the next month, but given the scale in somalia, this is just a drop in the ocean -- will feed 3500. aid agencies say that with so many children in a precarious situation, there is a danger disease could break out. in somalia, almost half the population urgently needs of food aid. rations have been cut in recent months. now, there is a massive drive to increase the assistance. some say the u.n. is being too slow with the delivery of food. several
in somalia, an operation to airlift supplies into the capital mogadishu is underway, the first of 10 missions being carried out by the world food program in response to the severe drought which is ravaging the horn of africa. our correspondent reports. >> the carter, 10 tons of food for a severely nourished children in somalia -- the cargo. the therapeutic paste is a lifesaver. it is a race against time. >> within the next few days, i believe some of this will be going to mogadishu,...
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aid flights were received in mogadishu with gratitude. >> there's quite a lot -- a total of 100 tonsthis special ready to use food. 80 of it for mogadishu. >> reporter: but that's nowhere near enough. today government troops advanced on fighters from the militant group al shabab. it has blocked foreign help from getting to the neediest areas. six people were killed in a gun battle. and so the exodus continues. many heading toward kenya, walking by day, sleeping in the bushes by night. facing death or attack. at the border crossing, a somali police commander says he's doing his best to provide security. but he wishes he could provide food. this is the border between kenya and somalia, the kenyan forces over here, and the somalian forces in this direction. refugees are flowing across the border with dadaab just 60 miles over here. the problem is getting aid much further in this direction, across the border. at the refugee camp, the suffering grows. but for many of the sickest victims, treacherous journeys from distant homes, where there is no water and little food might have saved thei
aid flights were received in mogadishu with gratitude. >> there's quite a lot -- a total of 100 tonsthis special ready to use food. 80 of it for mogadishu. >> reporter: but that's nowhere near enough. today government troops advanced on fighters from the militant group al shabab. it has blocked foreign help from getting to the neediest areas. six people were killed in a gun battle. and so the exodus continues. many heading toward kenya, walking by day, sleeping in the bushes by...
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intensifies its anti-terrorist focus in somalia there have been reports of secret prisons in mogadishu besides officially belong to the local security forces by iran and paid for by the cia girl as jeremy says he's visited the prisons adding that america's mainstream media makes it hard to report on what's really going they're going on there. inside this dungeon prison there are no windows there's no sunlight there's a bed bug infestation according to prisoners who've been there mosquitoes all over the place the air is thick and disgusting some prisoners are said to be losing their minds there are also reports from prisoners that there were very young boys inside of the prison some people have been held for eighteen months without charge without access to lawyers without access to the red cross in fact the red cross told me that they were not aware of the prison and that they have never been given access to it i know for a fact that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never re
intensifies its anti-terrorist focus in somalia there have been reports of secret prisons in mogadishu besides officially belong to the local security forces by iran and paid for by the cia girl as jeremy says he's visited the prisons adding that america's mainstream media makes it hard to report on what's really going they're going on there. inside this dungeon prison there are no windows there's no sunlight there's a bed bug infestation according to prisoners who've been there mosquitoes all...
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cnn's jane ferguson reports from mogadishu. >> reporter: a new horror has reached the streets of mogadishu. hunger. these people fled the civil war here in smal womalia's capital now they're back, desperate for food and water. this woman's husband died of starvation. she says she traveled 400 kilometers to get here, in a desperate bid to keep her children alive. my car was blocked by a panicked group of women trying to get some food. please help us, this woman shouts. i am sick. but there is little help for the thousands who have come here. the weak transitional federal government controls only part of the capital and has been fighting the al qaeda-linked group al shabab for years. al shabab controls most of central and southern somalia. still, aid agencies are wary of the risks of working in this dangerous country. leaving these people trapped, too weak and poor to make it to the u.n. camps in neighboring kenya. so they have come here to the capital in search of help. tens of thousands of somalis have arrived here just in the last few days. but despite that, this remains one of the hardes
cnn's jane ferguson reports from mogadishu. >> reporter: a new horror has reached the streets of mogadishu. hunger. these people fled the civil war here in smal womalia's capital now they're back, desperate for food and water. this woman's husband died of starvation. she says she traveled 400 kilometers to get here, in a desperate bid to keep her children alive. my car was blocked by a panicked group of women trying to get some food. please help us, this woman shouts. i am sick. but there...
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the second flight into mogadishu arrived just today. it's also raising funds to pay for aid so far more than $250 million from donor countries and has said it needs to double that to support operations over the next six months. the program's director, josette sheeran recently returned from the region. she joins us now. welcome to you. what is your current assessment of the situation in those camps we saw, and in somalia? >> well, i was just in those camps, ask it really is an unfoiledding tragedy as people flee areas in somalia where aide workers have not had any access. about 60% of the people in somalia have been inaccessible to aid and those are the people you're seeing in the camps. many of those people have walked for weeks, sometimes up to six weeks, and many of the women i talked to reported having to leave children along the road who were too weak to make it and dying on the way to the camps. >> brown: who is affected most? is it the children like we saw? >> it's been called "the children's particular areaksi particular area ins
the second flight into mogadishu arrived just today. it's also raising funds to pay for aid so far more than $250 million from donor countries and has said it needs to double that to support operations over the next six months. the program's director, josette sheeran recently returned from the region. she joins us now. welcome to you. what is your current assessment of the situation in those camps we saw, and in somalia? >> well, i was just in those camps, ask it really is an unfoiledding...
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>> well, we are focusing on mogadishu and as you look at the map, you see that refugees are going outuntries. we feel like the best place for us to be is right there in the epicenter, and 50,000 people have shown up in mogadishu in the last couple of months in very bad condition, and we are focusing our medical aid on mogadishu, itself, and four things need to happen in a famine. people need to be fed with basic food commodities and supplemental feeding for children and pregnant mothers and therapeutic feeding needs to happen in clinical settings for kids in bad shape, and general medical assistance needs to go out to the whole population. we are focusing on keeping the medical assistance in there so that we can keep the people alive. >> and when you talk about, that because the extent of this could wipe out an entire generation of people. and the people that you are talking about, the ones who are traveling and the refugees and some of them are traveling hundreds of miles on foot to get to the places where they can find aid. what is it that the average american can do to help out to
>> well, we are focusing on mogadishu and as you look at the map, you see that refugees are going outuntries. we feel like the best place for us to be is right there in the epicenter, and 50,000 people have shown up in mogadishu in the last couple of months in very bad condition, and we are focusing our medical aid on mogadishu, itself, and four things need to happen in a famine. people need to be fed with basic food commodities and supplemental feeding for children and pregnant mothers...
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at this makeshift camp in mogadishu, the islamist rebels on not as strong here in the capital as in the south here. -- are not as strong here in the capital as in the south. here, there is fertile food, drinking water, or medicine. >> we have been displaced by a terrible drought. we need help. >> supplies needed to arrive fast and in large amounts to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in east africa. >> a terrible story. monica is here to talk about some corporate results. >> results from the largest commercial lender >> deutsche bank, cayman lower-than- expected. -- results from the largest commercial lender, deutsche bank, came in lower than expected. -- will chair the bank's supervisory groups. >> -- is confident they will achieve record profits. he is said to turn over the reins of the banks to his two top executives. one is head of the investment banking operations. the other is the head of the business in germany. is responsible for the retail business and he is well with thp policymakers. there is some concern about his future position as head of the bank's supervi
at this makeshift camp in mogadishu, the islamist rebels on not as strong here in the capital as in the south here. -- are not as strong here in the capital as in the south. here, there is fertile food, drinking water, or medicine. >> we have been displaced by a terrible drought. we need help. >> supplies needed to arrive fast and in large amounts to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in east africa. >> a terrible story. monica is here to talk about some...
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will be bringing in 100 tons within the next few towns -- few days, and 80 tons will be going to mogadishu where it will be distributed to different feeding centers form on our children. >> the food program says the first airlift will feed three and a half thousand children for the next month. but given the scale of a problem in somalia, this is just a drop in the ocean. the drought has hit so hard in parts of the south, over one- third of all children are civilian -- severely malnourished. aid agencies say with so many children in a precarious situation there is a danger that disease could break out. in somalia, almost half the population urgently needs food aid. russians have been cut in recent months. now there is a massive -- rations have been cut in recent months. now there's a massive drive for food aid. somali ministers have complained that the food aid is moving too slowly. delicate negotiations continue between the government and al- shabab. and some question why this emergency was not prevented as this food shortage and severe drought were predicted late last year. in somalia, th
will be bringing in 100 tons within the next few towns -- few days, and 80 tons will be going to mogadishu where it will be distributed to different feeding centers form on our children. >> the food program says the first airlift will feed three and a half thousand children for the next month. but given the scale of a problem in somalia, this is just a drop in the ocean. the drought has hit so hard in parts of the south, over one- third of all children are civilian -- severely...
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i have to would be the rubble of mogadishu with two decades worth of violence. people are coming here in search of food. the militia controls most of the countryside. the announced they were lifting a ban on foreign aid organizations. the u.n. says that too many obstacles remain. salmon might -- famine might bring a new surge in donations. >> in space today, there was yet another step in the end of an era. the shuttle atlantis' left the international space station for the very last time. this will bring an end to the shuttle program after a 30 year run. while the shuttle program is coming to an end, in london, the preparations are in full swing for the summer olympics that will get underway in just over a year. among those hoping to compete is a british swimmer who is balancing a full life of a teenager for a desire to compete at the highest level. >> this is a girl who can make a splash. she switched last year from representing kenya to start swimming for great britain. her goal is to represent the team at the olympics. she often trains two times a day, once be
i have to would be the rubble of mogadishu with two decades worth of violence. people are coming here in search of food. the militia controls most of the countryside. the announced they were lifting a ban on foreign aid organizations. the u.n. says that too many obstacles remain. salmon might -- famine might bring a new surge in donations. >> in space today, there was yet another step in the end of an era. the shuttle atlantis' left the international space station for the very last time....
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they walked with her for two weeks from mogadishu. but she says she treats her eighth child just like the others. i love him as much as my own children, she says. i never let him out of my sight. the health worker visits him. he's breathing well and he's put on weight. in just a few weeks, he's recovered from malnutrition. >> reporter: life in dadaab can be punishing, but in his short life, nased experienced how much worse things can be. here, conditions are poor. it is crammed with refugees, short of food and water, but not short of a mother's love. rohit kachroo, nbc news, dadaab. >>> when we come back, one of the few times people are actually rooting for a tropical storm to come ashore. >>> later a young girl's determination to help bring clean water to those who need it, "making a difference." >>> it is not every day you hear people hoping that a big storm will get bigger and stronger before it comes ashore. but tonight in texas, tropical storm don is on its way, bringing something they desperately need, rain. weather channel mete
they walked with her for two weeks from mogadishu. but she says she treats her eighth child just like the others. i love him as much as my own children, she says. i never let him out of my sight. the health worker visits him. he's breathing well and he's put on weight. in just a few weeks, he's recovered from malnutrition. >> reporter: life in dadaab can be punishing, but in his short life, nased experienced how much worse things can be. here, conditions are poor. it is crammed with...
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fact that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it as the u.s. expands its military operations and its covert operations in somalia and elsewhere in east africa as well as in yemen the administration should be required to define for the american people exactly what laws are governing these operations there have been scores of night raids conducted by these forces in afghanistan in pakistan in yemen in somalia where innocent people have been killed or when someone that they meant to kill was killed but scores of innocent people were killed along with them so if we're going to get into the business of making assassinations our norm that's really what these are assassinations then we need to be ready for the blowback because we're creating a whole new generation of enemies that wouldn't normally have been our enemies because we've killed people in their family especially those who have done no wrong and were the victims of bad intelligence twenty minutes past the hour
fact that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it as the u.s. expands its military operations and its covert operations in somalia and elsewhere in east africa as well as in yemen the administration should be required to define for the american people exactly what laws are governing these operations there have been scores of night raids conducted by these forces in...
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at least six people were killed when peacekeepers opened fire on militants in somalia's capital mogadishu violence broke out as african union attempts to ain't i mean if that is the mystery starvation or the fact it's. reported two million somalis are seeking food and water into the areas. u.s. and north korean diplomats met for several hours and this time since two thousand nine hundred six pressed satisfaction with talks described in a serious and businesslike in a good atmosphere. return which will continue on friday and regarding stalled six party negotiations on the north's nuclear program tensions have been escalating on the korean peninsula since the sinking of a south korean maybe this about a north in march last year. violent clashes between thousands of homeless and police are up didn't move in argentina at least three people reportedly killed and dozens of others wounded skirmish tough to party man belonging to a sugar refinery demanding somebody to live with money to build parts such as seizures are rare in argentina of the stricken groups use extrude measures to get financial
at least six people were killed when peacekeepers opened fire on militants in somalia's capital mogadishu violence broke out as african union attempts to ain't i mean if that is the mystery starvation or the fact it's. reported two million somalis are seeking food and water into the areas. u.s. and north korean diplomats met for several hours and this time since two thousand nine hundred six pressed satisfaction with talks described in a serious and businesslike in a good atmosphere. return...
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six people were killed when peacekeepers opened fire on al qaeda linked militants sollars capital mogadishu violence broke out as the african union attempted to supply aid to family g.'s but somalia's islamists regard starvation relief efforts as a threat to their authority forty two million somalis are receiving food and water in militant controlled areas. the u.s. and north korean diplomats met for several hours in new york for the first time since two thousand and nine both sides expressed satisfaction of the talks describing them as serious and businesslike held in a good atmosphere meeting which will continue on friday is aimed at reviving stalled six party negotiations in the north's nuclear program tensions have been escalating on the korean peninsula since the sinking of a south korean naval vessel by the north march last year. clashes between thousands of homeless people and nice rep to the north in argentina at least three people were reportedly killed with dozens of others wounded skirmishes broke out after the protesters occupied land belonging to a sugar refinery demanding some
six people were killed when peacekeepers opened fire on al qaeda linked militants sollars capital mogadishu violence broke out as the african union attempted to supply aid to family g.'s but somalia's islamists regard starvation relief efforts as a threat to their authority forty two million somalis are receiving food and water in militant controlled areas. the u.s. and north korean diplomats met for several hours in new york for the first time since two thousand and nine both sides expressed...
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fact that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it both c.n.n. and a.b.c. have allowed their facilities their media outlets to be used as conveyer belts for the spin of the cia and that's the job of the cia and they do it well but the job of major media outlets should not be to be a conveyor belt for the propaganda of u.s. intelligence agencies so i would leave those those questions for other media outlets as to why they're not reporting on this very serious life and death issue that has to do very much with the rule of law in this country and whether or not there's been any change when it comes to respect of international human rights laws and standards made into their special report on the citizen crusaders and danced the global threat of the tonic arms who hope their passion for peace can sound wake up call for countries refusing to relinquish nuclear weapons. with the war and the going away of the so. many people thought that their weapons disappeared. the risk
fact that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those networks to answer why they've never reported on it both c.n.n. and a.b.c. have allowed their facilities their media outlets to be used as conveyer belts for the spin of the cia and that's the job of the cia and they do it well but the job of major media outlets should not be to be a conveyor belt for the propaganda of u.s. intelligence agencies so i would leave those...