In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in.

We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need.

Somaliland and Somalia at large have been receiving now hundreds of thousands of returnees that they had to accommodate with very small resources.

We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans.

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.

I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.

It's a cruel reality. But after a week, very few people survive.