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Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened

The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September.

Whatever happened to the U.S. famine alert system that Trump shut down, then reopened

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