Heavy rains in March in Burundi's eastern province of Ruyigi destroyed beans, banana and cassava crops, leaving thousands of people desperate for food aid, agricultural officials say. In response to ...

Bujumbura (Fides Service)- United Nations World Food Programme WFP has issued a hunger warning for Burundi, following a local alarm last week (see Fides 12 January 2005). According to the UN ...

In recent months, East Africa has been hit with a serious food crisis. Extreme and erratic weather, related to the “La Niña-El Niño” weather phenomenon, has led to stock shortages and sent food prices ...

Food rations for refugees in Burundi will be halved from 1 April. The WFP says the rationing is because of dwindling funding for food. Burundi is ranked by the World Bank as the poorest nation in the ...

Bujumbura — AIDS advocacy groups in Burundi are worried that a decision by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to cut special feeding programmes next year for HIV-positive people will harm ...

“I want to work in finance and ensure that my family has a good life,” says 14-year-old Niyibizi, a student at a primary school in Muyinga province in northern Burundi. Niyibizi is one of over 500,000 ...

The Flying Food concept was tested in Kenya and Uganda over the past five years and is reproducible in other countries and regions. Three partners of Flying Food performed a feasibility study in ...

Food aid rations for refugees in Burundi, mostly Congolese fleeing violence in eastern DR Congo, will be halved from April 1, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced Thursday, citing a lack of ...