
Reuters
Last Friday (Jan 24, 2025), the State Department issued a «stop-work» order on all US foreign assistance, worth nearly $70bn a year, with the exception of emergency food aid and military aid to Israel and Egypt, pending a 90-day review to ensure programmes’ alignment with Trump’s «America First» foreign policy
BBC
Tom Bateman
The United States’ system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump’s order for a 90-day freeze on nearly all US foreign assistance.
The Famine Early Warning System Network (Fewsnet) was established after the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, as part of a worldwide effort to prevent a repeat of its devastating impact.
It was designed by US government agencies, including its international development body USAID and the space agency Nasa.
It is regarded as a gold standard in combining weather data and political analysis to predict drought and food insecurity globally.