The United States remains absolutely committed to assisting the people of Somalia during this time.
The United States stands with the people of Somalia during this historic moment, and will continue to be a committed partner moving forward.
"Today, thanks to the extraordinary partnership between the leaders and people of Somalia, with international supporters, al-Shabaab has been driven from Mogadishu and every other major city in Somalia, " Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday following a meeting with Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Mr. FLETCHER: There has been a humanitarian disaster that's been unfolding in Somalia, massive emigration of people out of Mogadishu - the United Nations is very worried - and in addition, Somalia has not been receiving the sorts of international aid that it needs to deal with the civilian refugees.
Thanks to the generosity of the British and American people, our nations led a significant humanitarian response that helped save hundreds of thousands of lives in Somalia alone, and reached millions of people across the region with food, health care, and water and sanitation services.
Speaking in the Commons on 1 February 2012, Mr Mitchell told MPs that British aid had helped reduce the number of people at risk of "imminent death" in Somalia.
Millions of people face starvation across Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi, the Congo and Rwanda, according to the UN.
The WFP says that 5, 000-10, 000 people could die of starvation in southern Somalia in August.
ECONOMIST: Did the world react too late to signs of famine in Somalia?
Yes, but one way of looking at this is that the weakness of al-Qaeda in Pakistan has forced people out of Pakistan and forced them into Yemen and Somalia.
Many ethnic Somalis have always lived in Kenya, while hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border since Somalia descended into chaos two decades ago.
The United Nations declared famine in six regions of Somalia, threatening the lives of over 250, 000 Somalis, and requiring urgent humanitarian assistance for more than 13.3 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and other parts of Somalia.
The drought affecting over 14 million people in East Africa is hitting the troubled nation of Somalia especially hard.
Even so, dozens of people were reported killed as the waves reached Somalia, on the African continent's eastern tip no less than 6, 000km from the quake's epicentre.
These people will resist our efforts to bring stability and the rule of law to Somalia.
Our reporter says the courts are located in one of the busiest parts of the city, and were full of people when the attacks happened - Sunday is a normal working day in Somalia.
In 2009, an Italian cruise ship with 1, 500 people aboard fended off a pirate attack in the Indian Ocean far off the coast of Somalia.
All I will say about this group, Mark, is that obviously this is a group that has made threats to the Ugandan people, and to the Ugandan government based on its support of African Union peacekeepers in Somalia.
In Eastleigh, I knew that I was living in a society where close to 50% of the people were agreeing with al-Shabab and what they were doing in Somalia, but for us to correct the wrongs of society we must brave the situation.
Attacks by separatists on the coast killed 19 people, and other attacks were seen near the border with Somalia, but the vast majority of the country voted in peace.
Just as Somalia's problems of jihadism and piracy have gone global, so have its people.
ECONOMIST: No wonder no one knows for certain what should be done
But he warned that 400, 000 people, many of them children, were in danger of dying as a result of the famine in Somalia, as he appealed to other nations to "reach deeper into their pockets".
So, let's talk - we're really talking about the east of the continent and the last week, dozens people have been killed in heavy fighting in and around Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Just as this correspondent was about to visit southern Somalia with people from the UN's World Food Programme, the trip was cancelled when two of the agency's workers were shot dead and a third died on an airstrip waiting for medical help.
ECONOMIST: No wonder no one knows for certain what should be done
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