With the sudden surge in displaced populations, WFP is now supporting twice as many refugees as before, straining already ...

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 ...

Japan and World Food Programme (WFP) provide life-saving food assistance for refugees and returnees in Burundi ...

NAIROBI, Kenya – The U.N's World Food Program says a food shipment meant to feed about 112,000 people has been stopped at the Burundi border. Spokeswoman Challiss McDonough said Friday the shipment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...