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.

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 ...

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 ...

Students at the University of Ngozi are developing an app to step up food security in Burundi. Most farmers practice small-scale agriculture, lack heavy equipment, and face plant disease. How can AI ...

“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 ...

Burundi is preventing disease outbreaks in livestock and breeding hardier cattle capable of greater milk production with the support of the IAEA. Staff trained by the IAEA at fully equipped national ...

More than 56,000 Congolese refugees will soon receive only half the food rations they need, due to a dwindling of funding for food needs in five camps in Burundi. The refugees, most of them fleeing ...