NPR
Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened
Monday, August 31, 2026
FEWS NET, a U.S. famine early warning system, halted data publication for Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen in 2025. The network, which operates under the U.S. Agency for International Development, announced it would resume posting data for those countries in September 2026. FEWS NET did not publicly specify the reasons for the suspension or the decision to resume operations.
Original reporting: https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5944472/famine-usaid-fews-net