Misery Follows As Somalis Try to Flee Hunger Have Depleted Somalia’S Ability to from Page A1 SUDAN YEMEN Withstand It

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Somalia is once again spewing misery across its borders, and once again man-made dimensions are making this natural disaster more acute. Yxxx,2011-07-16,A,003,Bs-BW,E1 The Islamist militants controlling southern Somalia forced out Western aid organizations last year, yanking away the only safety net just when the soil was drying up and the drought was coming. Only now, when the scale of the catastrophe is becoming clear, with nearlyTHE NEW three YORK million TIMES, Somalis SATURDAY, in JULYurgent 16, need2011 and Y A3

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Clockwise from top: at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, a 4-year-old Somali girl who fell ill and died was buried; a malnourished child; people waiting for rations during food distribution. Misery Follows as Somalis Try to Flee Hunger have depleted Somalia’s ability to From Page A1 SUDAN YEMEN withstand it. Thousands of people ing. Only now, when the scale of are leaving relatively uneventful Gulf of Aden rural areas to seek refuge even in the catastrophe is becoming DJIBOUTI clear, with nearly three million Mogadishu, Somalia’s bullet-rid- Somalis in urgent need and more ETHIOPIA dled capital, which has experi- than 10 million at risk across the enced a mass exodus for years parched Horn of Africa, have the Addis Ababa SOMALIA because of fighting between the militants relented and invited aid shaky government and Islamist groups back. But few are rushing militants. in because of the complications The route to Dadaab, which and dangers of dealing with a lies about 50 miles inside Kenya’s brutal group that is aligned with border, is especially perilous, Al Qaeda and has turned Somalia winding through one of the most into a focal point of American ArAreaa of beb low- unforgiving environments in the concerns on terrorism. world. Refugees have been ma- The Somalis are not waiting. noormmalp recipitaattion rauded, raped and killed by the Tens of thousands, possibly even various armed groups that haunt hundreds of thousands, are now UGANDA KENYA the land. Most arrive here penni- fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia for Mogadishu less and demoralized. Many par- help, but the Kenyan government Dadaab ents said they buried children says it is overwhelmed and has refugee camp along the way. been blocking the United Nations Some die just within reach of fi- from opening a new $15 million nally getting help. Right in front Nairobi Indian Ocean camp here in Dadaab that could of a reception area at the camp help absorb the influx. are dozens of freshly dug graves. Everything is in place to house Once proud young men find 40,000 more refugees — new wa- 300 MILES themselves sitting in the dirt, TANZANIA ter towers, new latrines, new of- waiting to be registered. Life as a Source: United Nations fice blocks and perfectly straight refugee is humiliating, especially rows of new mud-brick houses THE NEW YORK TIMES in a culture that prizes independ- that look sturdy enough to live in As drought grips Somalia, refugees are filling Dadaab. ence. The first step is clawing for years. But that is precisely through a crowd to get a cup of what the Kenyans fear. find a vein anywhere else.” village in similar terms: “There flour and some glucose biscuits. As many as 380,000 people al- Isak Abdi Saney, a destitute is nothing alive.” Then comes registration, getting ready live in the amalgam of fingerprinted twice, photo- farmer, is on a death watch. He Because it is so difficult and camps that make up Dadaab (it graphed, logged in, cataloged. gently lifts up the shirt on his dangerous for outsiders to even was intended to hold 90,000), and Kenyan government workers 6-month-old son. Every rib visit areas controlled by the Sha- the Kenyans worry that Somalis scurry around, wearing blue sur- shows, beneath skin as translu- bab militant group, it is hard to will continue flocking here and gical masks and polo shirts that cent as rice paper. Every breath never go home, given the peren- gauge the full depth of this say “Refugees Are Real People.” looks as if it could be his last. nial turmoil in their country since drought. Somalia seems to be Somali refugees are typically the central government collapsed “We don’t know if he is dead or perpetually on the brink. With a not allowed to work in Kenya, in 1991. alive, so we just keep watching shattered economy, no function- and without special permission “Personally, I’ve done what I him here,” Mr. Isak says, tapping ing central government and aid they are not supposed to leave could,” said Gerald Otieno Kaj- his son’s tiny chest. flows blocked, countless Somalis the camp. Dadaab is a place to wang’, Kenya’s immigration min- Mr. Isak walked for 20 days starve every year. warehouse people, often for ister. “But the numbers coming from Somalia to get here. What But according to a famine mon- years. Aid workers predict the in are too large that they threaten he encountered was what so itoring program financed by the numbers here could soon swell to our security.” many other refugees described: United States, “over the past half a million, sprawled across The Kenyan government has piles of dead animals, empty vil- year, the eastern Horn of Africa miles of scrub brush. been facing intense pressure to lages, people dying of starvation, has experienced consecutive “I never thought I’d lose all my open the new camp, and several an unbroken trail of bodies from poor rainy seasons, resulting in cattle,” said Abdi Farah Hassan, Western aid officials contended his village to the camp. one of the driest years since 1950- who looked visibly uncomfort- that the Kenyans were simply “There is nothing left back 1951 in many pastoral zones.” able in line to be photographed. trying to extract more money there,” he said. The years of conflict — and re- “I never thought I’d be a refu- from Western allies before re- Another refugee spoke of his cent increases in food prices — gee.” lenting. On Friday, Kenyan officials indicated that the camp would open soon, but the delay has stranded thousands of refugees on the outskirts of Dadaab in the desert, increasingly far from hospitals, clean water or latrines, many with sick children curled up under trees. “It’s shocking,” said Alexandra Lopoukhine, a spokeswoman for CARE, an aid group working in Dadaab. Those who make it to one of the few hospitals in the camps might have a chance. The pediatric ward in the Dagahaley section is a fluorescent-lighted purgatory. Dozens of wizened children lie on rough wool blankets — nurses say probably fewer than half will make it — their skin slack, their eyes glassy, their heads far too big for their bodies. Many have IVs taped to the sides of their skulls. “Vascular collapse,” explained a Kenyan doctor. “We couldn’t

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more than 10 million at risk across the parched Horn of Africa, have the militants relented and invited aid groups back. But few are rushing in because of the complications and dangers of dealing with a brutal group that is aligned with Al Qaeda and has turned Somalia into a focal point of American concerns on terrorism. Clockwise from top: at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, a 4-year-old Somali girl who fell ill and died was buried; a malnourished child; people waiting The Somalis are not waiting. Tensfor of rations thousands, during foodpossibly distribution. even hundreds of thousands, are now fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia for help, but the Kenyan government says it is overwhelmed and has been blocking the United Nations from opening a new $15 million camp here in Dadaab that could help absorb Misery Follows as Somalis Try to Fleethe Hunger influx. have depleted Somalia’s ability to From Page A1 SUDAN YEMEN withstand it. Thousands of people ing. Only now, when the scale of are leaving Everything relatively isuneventful in place to house 40,000 more Gulf of Aden rural areas to seek refuge even in the catastrophe is becoming DJIBOUTI refugees — new water towers, new latrines, new clear, with nearly three million Mogadishu, Somalia’s bullet-rid- Somalis in urgent need and more ETHIOPIA dledoffice capital, blocks which and has perfectly experi- straight rows of new than 10 million at risk across the enced a mass exodus for years parched Horn of Africa, have the Addis Ababa SOMALIA becausemud-brick of fighting houses between that the look sturdy enough to militants relented and invited aid shakylive in government for years. and But Islamist that is precisely what the groups back. But few are rushing militants. in because of the complications KenyansThe route fear. to Dadaab, which and dangers of dealing with a lies about 50 miles inside Kenya’s brutal group that is aligned with border, is especially perilous, Al Qaeda and has turned Somalia winding As through many one as of 380,000 the most people already live in into a focal point of American ArAreaa of beb low- unforgiving environments in the concerns on terrorism. world.the amalgam Refugees have of camps been ma- that make up Dadaab (it The Somalis are not waiting. noormmalp recipitaattion rauded,was intended raped and to killed hold by 90,000), the and the Kenyans Tens of thousands, possibly even various armed groups that haunt hundreds of thousands, are now UGANDA KENYA theworry land. Mostthat arriveSomalis here penni-will continue flocking here fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia for Mogadishu lessand and never demoralized. go home, Many given par- the perennial turmoil help, but the Kenyan government Dadaab ents said they buried children says it is overwhelmed and has refugee camp alongin their the way. country since the central government been blocking the United Nations Some die just within reach of fi- from opening a new $15 million nallycollapsed getting help.in 1991. Right in front Nairobi Indian Ocean camp here in Dadaab that could of a reception area at the camp help absorb the influx. are dozens of freshly dug graves. Everything is in place to house Once“Personally, proud young menI’ve find done what I could,” said 40,000 more refugees — new wa- 300 MILES themselves sitting in the dirt, TANZANIA Gerald Otieno Kajwang’, Kenya’s immigration ter towers, new latrines, new of- waiting to be registered. Life as a Source: United Nations fice blocks and perfectly straight refugeeminister. is humiliating, “But the especially numbers coming in are too rows of new mud-brick houses THE NEW YORK TIMES in a culture that prizes independ- that look sturdy enough to live in As drought grips Somalia, refugees are filling Dadaab. ence.large The that first they step threaten is clawing our security.” for years. But that is precisely through a crowd to get a cup of what the Kenyans fear. find a vein anywhere else.” village in similar terms: “There flour and some glucose biscuits. 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With a not allowed to work in Kenya, in 1991. alive, so we just keep watching shattered economy, no function- and without special permission “Personally, I’ve done what I him here,” Mr. Isak says, tapping ing central government and aid they are not supposed to leave could,” said Gerald Otieno Kaj- his son’s“It’s tiny shocking,” chest. said Alexandraflows blocked, Lopoukhine, countless Somalis a spokeswomanthe camp. Dadaab for is a CARE, place to an aid group working wang’, Kenya’s immigration min- Mr. Isak walked for 20 days starve every year. warehouse people, often for ister. “But the numbers coming infrom Dadaab. Somalia to get here. What But according to a famine mon- years. 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The years of conflict — and re- “I never thought I’d be a refu- from Western allies before re- Another refugee spoke of his cent increases in food prices — gee.” lenting. On Friday, Kenyan officials indicated that the camp “Vascular collapse,” explained a Kenyan doctor. “We couldn’t find a vein anywhere else.” would open soon, but the delay has stranded thousands of refugees on the outskirts of Dadaab in the desert, increasingly far from hospitals, clean water or latrines, many with sick children curled up under trees. “It’s shocking,” said Alexandra Lopoukhine, a spokeswoman for CARE, an aid group working in Dadaab. Those who make it to one of the few hospitals in the camps might have a chance. The pediatric ward in the Dagahaley section is a fluorescent-lighted purgatory. Dozens of wizened children lie on rough wool blankets — nurses say probably fewer than half will make it — their skin slack, their eyes glassy, their heads far too big for their bodies. Many have IVs taped to the sides of their skulls. “Vascular collapse,” explained a Kenyan doctor. “We couldn’t

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Clockwise from top: at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, a 4-year-old Somali girl who fell ill and died was buried; a malnourished child; people waiting for rations during food distribution. Misery Follows as Somalis Try to Flee Hunger have depleted Somalia’s ability to From Page A1 SUDAN YEMEN withstand it. Thousands of people ing. Only now, when the scale of are leaving relatively uneventful Gulf of Aden rural areas to seek refuge even in the catastrophe is becoming DJIBOUTI clear, with nearly three million Mogadishu, Somalia’s bullet-rid- Somalis in urgent need and more ETHIOPIA dled capital, which has experi- than 10 million at risk across the enced a mass exodus for years parched Horn of Africa, have the Addis Ababa SOMALIA because of fighting between the militants relented and invited aid shaky government and Islamist groups back. But few are rushing militants. in because of the complications The route to Dadaab, which and dangers of dealing with a lies about 50 miles inside Kenya’s brutal group that is aligned with border, is especially perilous, Al Qaeda and has turned Somalia winding through one of the most into a focal point of American ArAreaa of beb low- unforgiving environments in the concerns on terrorism. world. Refugees have been ma- The Somalis are not waiting. noormmalp recipitaattion rauded, raped and killed by the Tens of thousands, possibly even various armed groups that haunt hundreds of thousands, are now UGANDA KENYA the land. Most arrive here penni- fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia for Mogadishu less and demoralized. Many par- help, but the Kenyan government Dadaab ents said they buried children says it is overwhelmed and has refugee camp along the way. been blocking the United Nations Some die just within reach of fi- from opening a new $15 million nally getting help. Right in front Nairobi Indian Ocean camp here in Dadaab that could of a reception area at the camp help absorb the influx. are dozens of freshly dug graves. Everything is in place to house Once proud young men find 40,000 more refugees — new wa- 300 MILES themselves sitting in the dirt, TANZANIA ter towers, new latrines, new of- waiting to be registered. Life as a Source: United Nations fice blocks and perfectly straight refugee is humiliating, especially rows of new mud-brick houses THE NEW YORK TIMES in a culture that prizes independ- that look sturdy enough to live in As drought grips Somalia, refugees are filling Dadaab. ence. The first step is clawing for years. But that is precisely through a crowd to get a cup of what the Kenyans fear. find a vein anywhere else.” village in similar terms: “There flour and some glucose biscuits. As many as 380,000 people al- Isak Abdi Saney, a destitute farmer, is on a death watch. He gently lifts up the shirt on his 6-month-old son. Isak Abdi Saney, a destitute is nothing alive.” Then comes registration, getting ready live in the amalgam of Every rib shows, beneath skin as translucent as rice paper. Every breath looksfingerprinted as if it could twice, be his last. photo- farmer, is on a death watch. He Because it is so difficult and camps that make up Dadaab (it graphed, logged in, cataloged. gently lifts up the shirt on his dangerous for outsiders to even was intended to hold 90,000), and Kenyan government workers 6-month-old “We don’t know son. if Every he is dead rib or visitalive, areas so we controlled just keep by watching the Sha- him here,” Mr. Isak says, tapping his the Kenyans worry that Somalis scurry around, wearing blue sur- shows, beneath skin as translu- bab militant group, it is hard to will continue flocking here and son’s tiny chest. gical masks and polo shirts that cent as rice paper. Every breath never go home, given the peren- gauge the full depth of this say “Refugees Are Real People.” looks as if it could be his last. nial turmoil in their country since Mr. Isak walked for 20 days fromdrought. Somalia Somalia to get here. seems What to he be encounteredSomali was refugees what so are many typically other the central government collapsed “We don’t know if he is dead or perpetually on the brink. With a not allowed to work in Kenya, in 1991. refugeesalive, so described: we just keep piles watching of dead animals,shattered empty economy, villages, no people function- dying of starvation, an unbroken trail of bodies from his village to the camp. and without special permission “Personally, I’ve done what I him here,” Mr. Isak says, tapping ing central government and aid they are not supposed to leave could,” said Gerald Otieno Kaj- his son’s tiny chest. flows blocked, countless Somalis the camp. Dadaab is a place to wang’, Kenya’s immigration min- Mr.“There Isak is walkednothing for left 20 back days there,”starve he said.every year. warehouse people, often for ister. “But the numbers coming from Somalia to get here. What But according to a famine mon- years. Aid workers predict the in are too large that they threaten he encountered was what so itoring program financed by the numbers here could soon swell to our security.” manyAnother other refugee refugees spoke described: of his villageUnited in similar States, terms: “over “There the past is nothinghalf a alive.” million, sprawled across The Kenyan government has piles of dead animals, empty vil- year, the eastern Horn of Africa miles of scrub brush. been facing intense pressure to lages, Because people it dying is so ofdifficult starvation, and dangeroushas experienced for outsiders consecutive to even visit areas“I never controlled thought I’dby losethe Shababall my open the new camp, and several militantan unbroken group, trail it is of hard bodies to gauge from thepoor full rainy depth seasons, of this drought. resulting Somalia in cattle,” seems said to be Abdi perpetually Farah Hassan, on the Western aid officials contended his village to the camp. one of the driest years since 1950- brink. With a shattered economy, no functioning central government whoand aid looked flows visibly blocked, uncomfort- countless that the Kenyans were simply “There is nothing left back 1951 in many pastoral zones.” able in line to be photographed. trying to extract more money Somalisthere,” hestarve said. every year. The years of conflict — and re- “I never thought I’d be a refu- from Western allies before re- Another refugee spoke of his cent increases in food prices — gee.” lenting. On Friday, Kenyan officials indicated that the camp would open soon, but the delay has stranded thousands of refugees on the outskirts of Dadaab in the desert, increasingly far from hospitals, clean water or latrines, many with sick children curled up under trees. “It’s shocking,” said Alexandra Lopoukhine, a spokeswoman for CARE, an aid group working in Dadaab. Those who make it to one of the few hospitals in the camps might have a chance. The pediatric ward in the Dagahaley section is a fluorescent-lighted purgatory. Dozens of wizened children lie on rough wool blankets — nurses say probably fewer than half will make it — their skin slack, their eyes glassy, their heads far too big for their bodies. Many have IVs taped to the sides of their skulls. “Vascular collapse,” explained a Kenyan doctor. “We couldn’t

Reuben Kyama contributed reporting from Nairobi, Kenya, and Mohamed Ibrahim from Mogadi- shu, Somalia. One of the Somalis who are swelling the refugee camp in Dadaab, the world’s largest. But according to a famine monitoring program financed by the United States, “over the past year, the eastern Horn of Africa has experienced consecutive poor rainy seasons, resulting in one of the driest years since 1950-1951 in many pastoral zones.”

The years of conflict — and recent increases in food prices — have depleted Somalia’s ability to withstand it. Thousands of people are leaving relatively uneventful rural areas to seek refuge even in Mogadishu, Somalia’s bullet-riddled capital, which has experienced a mass exodus for years because of fighting between the shaky government and Islamist militants.

The route to Dadaab, which lies about 50 miles inside Kenya’s border, is especially perilous, winding through one of the most unforgiving environments in the world. Refugees have been marauded, raped and killed by the various armed groups that haunt the land. Most arrive here penniless and demoralized. Many parents said they buried children along the way.

Some die just within reach of finally getting help. Right in front of a reception area at the camp are dozens of freshly dug graves.

Once proud young men find themselves sitting in the dirt, waiting to be registered. Life as a refugee is humiliating, especially in a culture that prizes independence. The first step is clawing through a crowd to get a cup of flour and some glucose biscuits. Then comes registration, getting fingerprinted twice, photographed, logged in, cataloged. Kenyan government workers scurry around, wearing blue surgical masks and polo shirts that say “Refugees Are Real People.”

Somali refugees are typically not allowed to work in Kenya, and without special permission they are not supposed to leave the camp. Dadaab is a place to warehouse people, often for years. Aid workers predict the numbers here could soon swell to half a million, sprawled across miles of scrub brush.

“I never thought I’d lose all my cattle,” said Abdi Farah Hassan, who looked visibly uncomfortable in line to be photographed. “I never thought I’d be a refugee.”

Reuben Kyama contributed reporting from Nairobi, Kenya, and Mohamed Ibrahim from Mogadishu, Somalia. Yxxx,2011-07-16,A,003,Bs-BW,E1 C M Y K Yxxx,2011-07-16,A,001,Bs-BK,E2

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By JOHN F. BURNS By JACKIE CALMES and JEREMY W. PETERS and CARL HULSE LONDON — The crisis rattling WASHINGTON — With talks Rupert Murdoch’s global media on a big budget deal at a stale- empire claimed the two highest- mate, Congressional leaders level executives yet on Friday af- turned Friday to negotiating a ter days of mounting pressure PHOTOGRAPHS BY TYLER HICKS /THE NEW YORK TIMES fallback plan for raising the debt from politicians and investors on limit as President Obama and two continents. House Republicans intensified Les Hinton, the publisher of their efforts to win over public The Wall Street Journal since opinion for the long battle ahead. 2007, who oversaw Mr. Murdoch’s Given the impasse, House Re- British newspaper subsidiary publicans scheduled a vote for when voice mail hacking by jour- Tuesday on a measure that would nalists was rampant, and Rebek- ah Brooks, who has run the Brit- cut deeply into the federal budg- ish papers since 2009 and become et, cap government spending for TYLER HICKS/THE NEW YORK TIMES the target of unrelenting public the years ahead and approve a outrage, both resigned in the lat- constitutional amendment re- A woman caring for her malnourished child in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, where Somalis have fled to escape drought. est blow to the News Corporation quiring a balanced budget. The and its besieged chairman. Democratic-controlled Senate At first incensed by the assault may vote Wednesday on a bal- on his company’s reputation, Mr. anced budget amendment. Libya Rebels Get FormalBacking, and $30 Billion Misery Follows Murdoch insisted as late as While neither measure will be- Thursday that the executives had come law, given Democrats’ op- ognition to the main opposition traditional public services — to As Somalis Try performed “excellently” in deal- Clockwise from top: at the Dadaab refugee camp in position, Republicans are eager group, known as the Transitional pay for health care and electrical ing with the crisis since it erupt- By SEBNEM ARSU Kenya, a 4-year-old Somali girl who fell ill and died to show their conservative base National Council. power, for example — one of the ed two weeks ago. He was said to that they are not retreating, and and STEVEN ERLANGER “We will help the T.N.C. sustain council’s immediate priorities is To Flee Hunger be loath to lose either of them, was buried; a malnourished child; people waiting that they will press their case for ISTANBUL — The United its commitment to the sovereign- arming and training its fighters and became convinced that they for rations during food distribution. vastly shrinking the government States formally recognized the ty, independence, territorial in- so they can finally defeat the had to leave only over the last through the 2012 elections. rebel leadership in Libya as the tegrity and national unity of Lib- forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN several days, as executives and ya,” Mrs. Clinton said, “and we Mr. Obama signaled that he country’s legitimate government But even a major increase in fi- DADAAB, Kenya — The people outside advisers flew in to help on Friday, allowing the rebel gov- will look to it to remain steadfast would support the fallback plan, nancing for the rebel war effort is start trudging in at dawn, more manage the crisis from their Misery Follows as Somalis Try to Flee Hunger ernment access to $30 billion in in its commitment to human proposed by Senator Mitch Mc- not expected to yield immediate than a thousand every day, ex- gleaming granite and glass of- Libyan assets held in the United rights and fundamental free- Connell of Kentucky, the Repub- results on the battlefield, accord- hausted, sick and starving, mate- fices in Wapping, East London. have depleted Somalia’s ability to States. It is not yet clear how and doms.” From Page A1 YEMEN lican minority leader, which ing to senior officials involved in rializing out of the thin desert air In arriving at the final decision, SUDAN withstand it. Thousands of people when the money would be re- The decision by Washington would allow for the debt limit to the NATO-led air campaign to take their places at the gates of Mr. Murdoch was joined by his ing. Only now, when the scale of are leaving relatively uneventful leased. not only increased diplomatic Gulf of Aden be raised and defer the bigger against Colonel Qaddafi. The the world’s largest refugee camp, two sons, James and Lachlan, the catastrophe is becoming rural areas to seek refuge even in Secretary of State Hillary Rod- pressure on Colonel Qaddafi to DJIBOUTI budget fight. rebels are severely lacking in here in northern Kenya. and Joel I. Klein, a senior News clear, with nearly three million Mogadishu, Somalia’s bullet-rid- ham Clinton said at an interna- step down, but also held the pros- Corporation executive and for- But the president used his training as well as equipment, They are fleeing one of the Somalis in urgent need and more ETHIOPIA dled capital, which has experi- tional gathering held to discuss pect of funneling money to rebels mer New York City Schools chan- third news conference in two and NATO has been frustrated by worst droughts in Somalia in 60 than 10 million at risk across the enced a mass exodus for years the Libyan conflict that Col. to propel an offensive that has cellor. weeks to call again for a “big the rebels’ inability to organize years and many have walked for parched Horn of Africa, have the Addis Ababa SOMALIA because of fighting between the Muammar el-Qaddafi’s govern- proceeded in fits and starts. The resignations came on a deal” of up to $4 trillion in 10-year themselves into a force strong weeks through an anarchic land- militants relented and invited aid shaky government and Islamist ment no longer had any legitima- Although American officials day when Mr. Murdoch made a savings from spending cuts and scape replete with bandits and groups back. But few are rushing militants. cy, and that the United States expressed hope that the newly enough to topple the govern- series of public mea culpas. He tax increases on the wealthy and militants but little food. in because of the complications The route to Dadaab, which would join more than 30 coun- recognized Transitional National ment, even with thousands of air- wrote a letter to be published in corporations. And he claimed to and dangers of dealing with a lies about 50 miles inside Kenya’s tries in extending diplomatic rec- Council would use the money for Continued on Page A6 By the time they get here, all British newspapers over the have public opinion — including a brutal group that is aligned with border, is especially perilous, many can barely stand or talk or weekend acknowledging that the Al Qaeda and has turned Somalia winding through one of the most Continued on Page A12 swallow. Some mothers have company did not address its into a focal point of American unforgiving environments in the even shown up with the bodies of problems soon enough. “We are ArAreaa of beb low- concerns on terrorism. world. Refugees have been ma- shriveled babies strapped to their sorry,” it begins. The Somalis are not waiting. noormmal p recipitaattion rauded, raped and killed by the As a Watchdog backs. He also visited the family of a Tens of thousands, possibly even various armed groups that haunt Abdio Ali Elmoi clutches her murdered 13-year-old girl, Milly hundreds of thousands, are now the land. Most arrive here penni- son, Mustapha, whose eyes are Dowler, whose voice mail was UGANDA KENYA Starves, Wall St. less and demoralized. Many par- dimming. Her face is grooved hacked by reporters at The News fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia for Mogadishu with grief. She has already lost help, but the Kenyan government Dadaab ents said they buried children of the World while she was still refugee camp Is Tossed a Bone three children to gaajo, or hun- listed as missing. According to says it is overwhelmed and has along the way. ger, a common word around here. the Dowler family’s lawyer, Mark been blocking the United Nations Some die just within reach of fi- from opening a new $15 million nally getting help. Right in front “I walked all day and all night,” Lewis, Mr. Murdoch held his Nairobi Indian Ocean The economy is still suffering she whispered, barely able to head in his hands and apologized camp here in Dadaab that could of a reception area at the camp from the worst financial crisis speak. “Where I come from, for the actions of his employees, help absorb the influx. are dozens of freshly dug graves. since the Depression, and wide- there is no food.” who deleted phone messages af- Everything is in place to house Once proud young men find spread anger persists that finan- 40,000 more refugees — new wa- 300 MILES themselves sitting in the dirt, Somalia is once again spewing ter the girl’s mailbox had been TANZANIA cial institutions that caused it re- ter towers, new latrines, new of- waiting to be registered. Life as a misery across its borders, and filled so they could collect more Source: United Nations ceived bailouts of billions of tax- once again man-made dimen- new messages. fice blocks and perfectly straight refugee is humiliating, especially payer dollars and sions are making this natural dis- Mr. Lewis said that Mr. Mur- rows of new mud-brick houses THE NEW YORK TIMES in a culture that prizes independ- JAMES B. haven’t been held aster more acute. doch apologized “many times,” that look sturdy enough to live in As drought grips Somalia, refugees are filling Dadaab. ence. The first step is clawing accountable for The Islamist militants control- and that he was “very humbled, for years. But that is precisely through a crowd to get a cup of STEWART any wrongdoing. what the Kenyans fear. ling southern Somalia forced out he was very shaken and he was find a vein anywhere else.” village in similar terms: “There flour and some glucose biscuits. Yet the House Ap- As many as 380,000 people al- Then comes registration, getting COMMON Western aid organizations last very sincere.” Isak Abdi Saney, a destitute is nothing alive.” propriations Com- ready live in the amalgam of fingerprinted twice, photo- SENSE year, yanking away the only safe- Whether these actions will do farmer, is on a death watch. He Because it is so difficult and mittee has re- camps that make up Dadaab (it graphed, logged in, cataloged. ty net just when the soil was dry- anything to quiet the backlash gently lifts up the shirt on his dangerous for outsiders to even sponded by starving the agency was intended to hold 90,000), and Kenyan government workers ing up and the drought was com- against the News Corporation is 6-month-old son. Every rib visit areas controlled by the Sha- responsible for bringing financial the Kenyans worry that Somalis scurry around, wearing blue sur- Continued on Page A3 Continued on Page A5 shows, beneath skin as translu- bab militant group, it is hard to wrongdoers to justice — while will continue flocking here and gical masks and polo shirts that cent as rice paper. Every breath putting over $200 million that never go home, given the peren- gauge the full depth of this say “Refugees Are Real People.” could otherwise have been spent looks as if it could be his last. nial turmoil in their country since drought. Somalia seems to be Somali refugees are typically DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES on investigations and enforce- the central government collapsed “We don’t know if he is dead or perpetually on the brink. With a not allowed to work in Kenya, President Obama held his third White House news conference in two weeks on Friday. ment actions back into the pock- in 1991. alive, so we just keep watching shattered economy, no function- and without special permission ets of Wall Street. “Personally, I’ve done what I him here,” Mr. Isak says, tapping ing central government and aid they are not supposed to leave A few weeks ago, the Republi- could,” said Gerald Otieno Kaj- his son’s tiny chest. flows blocked, countless Somalis the camp. Dadaab is a place to can-controlled appropriations wang’, Kenya’s immigration min- Mr. Isak walked for 20 days starve every year. warehouse people, often for committee cut the Securities and ister. “But the numbers coming from Somalia to get here. What But according to a famine mon- years. Aid workers predict the A Voice for Those Silenced in a Mobster’s Reign Exchange Commission’s fiscal in are too large that they threaten he encountered was what so itoring program financed by the 2012 budget request by $222.5 numbers here could soon swell to ing that all of Boston had just “To be honest with you,” Mr. our security.” many other refugees described: United States, “over the past half a million, sprawled across million, to $1.19 billion (the same The Kenyan government has piles of dead animals, empty vil- year, the eastern Horn of Africa BOSTON — Heads turned as walked into Federal District Donahue often begins, as if to as this year’s), even though the miles of scrub brush. Court to bear witness. suggest that in this uncomfort- been facing intense pressure to lages, people dying of starvation, has experienced consecutive “I never thought I’d lose all my the lanky man made his way to S.E.C.’s responsibilities were open the new camp, and several Tommy Donahue, a union elec- able summer of Bulger, honesty an unbroken trail of bodies from poor rainy seasons, resulting in cattle,” said Abdi Farah Hassan, the courtroom pews re- vastly expanded under the Dodd- Western aid officials contended trician, 37 years old, with one needs to be stipulated. his village to the camp. one of the driest years since 1950- who looked visibly uncomfort- served for those who suf- Frank Wall Street Reform and that the Kenyans were simply good eye and the nickname of Mr. Bulger’s 16-year flight from “There is nothing left back 1951 in many pastoral zones.” able in line to be photographed. DAN fer because of the crimi- Consumer Protection Act. trying to extract more money reckoning ended last month there,” he said. The years of conflict — and re- “I never thought I’d be a refu- nal Whitey Bulger. The Bagga — as in bag of bones — at- Charged with protecting invest- from Western allies before re- BARRY when he and his female compan- Another refugee spoke of his cent increases in food prices — gee.” face of an altar boy tends nearly every Bulger-relat- ors and policing markets, the lenting. On Friday, Kenyan offi- ion were captured in a Southern THIS masked his rage, and a ed hearing as the representative S.E.C. is the nation’s front-line de- cials indicated that the camp LAND shirt of powder-blue cov- of the 19 people Mr. Bulger is ac- California apartment where the fense against financial fraud. The would open soon, but the delay ered his tattoos, including one cused of killing, especially Mi- interior design included walls committee’s accompanying re- has stranded thousands of refu- evoking the Celtic cross that chael Donahue, his father. He stuffed with guns and cash. port referred to the agency’s MEGGAN HALLER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES gees on the outskirts of Dadaab adorns his father’s gravestone. then tells the news media assem- Among the many killings that “troubled past” and “lack of abili- in the desert, increasingly far “Tommy’s here,” one of the bled outside exactly what he dog him, he is charged with com- ty to manage funds,” and said the Coated With Sand, Not Oil from hospitals, clean water or la- many reporters whispered, and thinks, his every word accented mitting 10 while he was a paid in- committee “remains concerned The Gulf Coast is on the rebound, with families like Nolan trines, many with sick children others nodded, for it was like say- with Dorchester distrust. Continued on Page A14 Continued on Page B7 White’s back on the beach, and BP has taken notice. Page A8. curled up under trees. “It’s shocking,” said Alexandra Lopoukhine, a spokeswoman for NATIONAL A8-14 ARTS C1-7 BUSINESS DAY B1-8 THIS WEEKEND CARE, an aid group working in Dadaab. A Historian in Hot Water Worldwide Battle in Your Hand Few Banks Fail Europe’s Tests The Art of Cruelty Those who make it to one of the The case of Barry H. Landau, a well- Shadow Cities, a video game for the Most European banks passed examina- Maggie Nelson’s book examines repre- few hospitals in the camps might have a chance. The pediatric connected author and collector of presi- iPhone that uses its GPS service to con- tions of their economic health, raising sentations of violence in the media, liter- ward in the Dagahaley section is nect with nearby players in real time, concern that the so-called stress tests ature and theater. BOOK REVIEW dential memorabilia charged with steal- a fluorescent-lighted purgatory. ing historical documents from the Mary- lets them conquer me- were not hard enough. PAGE B1 The Uninhibited Director Dozens of wizened children lie on land Historical Society, has other his- tropolises worldwide. rough wool blankets — nurses torical societies checking their records. A review by Seth New Rules for Safer Cribs The films of Miranda July. Plus: Getting say probably fewer than half will He is based in New York. PAGE A13 Schiesel. PAGE C1 Retailers are caught without cribs to sell the Tea Party freshmen in the House to make it — their skin slack, their as manufacturers follow new federal play well with others. MAGAZINE eyes glassy, their heads far too 80th Floor’s INTERNATIONAL A4-7 NEW YORK A15-17 standards for safety tests. PAGE B1 big for their bodies. Many have New View EDITORIAL, OP-ED A18-19 IVs taped to the sides of their skulls. The Market Awaits A No-Frills Art Thief An exhibition in SPORTSSATURDAY B9-12 Joe Nocera PAGE A19 “Vascular collapse,” explained With pork prices in major cities up 38 A New Jersey man stole a dozen art the Empire State a Kenyan doctor. “We couldn’t percent this year, the Chinese govern- works, including two Picassos and a Building focuses on Uncertainty at British Open ment is tapping into its national pork re- Léger, simply by pulling them from gal- its construction. A Only seven strokes separated the lead- Reuben Kyama contributed re- serve, hoping to stabilize costs by flood- lery and hotel walls during a four-week review by Edward ers from last place going into the third U(DF463D)X+$!}!.!=!# porting from Nairobi, Kenya, and ing the market. PAGE A4 spree, the authorities said. PAGE A17 Rothstein. PAGE C1 round at Royal St. George’s. PAGE B9 Mohamed Ibrahim from Mogadi- shu, Somalia. One of the Somalis who are swelling the refugee camp in Dadaab, the world’s largest.