Gaza and Sudan show why detecting famine cannot just be left to AI - IN FOCUS: As aid cuts threaten humanitarian monitoring, experts at Fews Net – seen as the gold standard tool in famine detection – ...

In recent months, Ethiopia’s troubled government has been increasingly accused of inaction and corruption in the face of serious famine concerns. Recurring droughts have devastated the country, ...

Veteran journalist Michael Buerk, who reported on the Ethiopian famine in 1984, revealed his initial reaction to the Live Aid concerts, which raised funds for the crisis, “was real anger”. The iconic ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), a mainstay of international relief efforts for four decades, has gone dark after widespread cuts by the Trump Administration. The website that once ...

FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a... A respected U.S. famine warning system is ...