Bujumbura — Even before his wife bore their eighth child, Selemani François knew he would have a difficult time sustaining a large family on a taxi driver's income in Burundi's capital of Bujumbura.

Bujumbura — Burundi, despite being potentially self-sufficient in food, has the highest level of hunger of all the 79 countries listed in the 2012 Global Hunger Index, published earlier this month by ...

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 ...

Around the world, the UN's World Food Program, or WFP, provides food to about 90 million people per year, almost two thirds of whom are children. Working in 73 countries this year, the WFP plans to ...

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 ...

Burundi becomes 24 th country to reach final stage of IMF debt relief program Authorities complete steps intended to reduce poverty, deliver social services Next key priorities are to cut inflation, ...

The face of the two-year-old boy is stained with tears but take a look closer and you see that the youngster, in torn jumper and shorts, is wracked by fever. His name is Anaclit and his father Jeremia ...

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi aims to increase food production by 7 percent annually by 2012 and ultimately by 10 percent to meet demand for its growing population and eliminate a food deficit, a ...