Correction & Update: Hunger Notes reported on March 19 about the cancellation of the important, 40-year-old Famine Early Warning System program, created and funded by USAID.
FEWS NET is back online and will be fully up and running in a few weeks. FEWS NET’s first report published Tuesday provides a good update on the current hunger status in FEWS NET countries.
Two FEWS websites are back online at https://www.fews.net/
and https://home.fewsnet.info/
And the latest famine prediction report for May 2025 is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bp3gESeSpZqcAXIF7tpERsqcHNTXhJ4L/view
It reports that “Conflict remains the most severe and widespread driver,
particularly in settings with protracted violence or rising geopolitical tensions in East Africa, the Middle East, the Sahel, Central Africa, and Haiti. The intersection of insecurity, inflation, and limited humanitarian access presents critical concerns across the most affected regions…. …the residual effects of prior droughts and floods are expected to contribute to food insecurity in parts of southern Africa, eastern Africa, and Afghanistan. Additionally, available weather forecasts suggest rainfall patterns in Sudan, South Sudan, and West Africa may mirror those of 2024, bringing flooding to riverine, wetland, and low-lying areas and dry conditions in the Gulf of Guinea. If this materializes, the resultant loss of cereal crops, cash crops, and livestock will be most acute in areas already impacted by concurrent conflict and economic shocks.”
