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

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

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 ...

Nairobi — Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees who have been in Burundi since June are an "extra load" on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) that is hampering its capacity to meet food needs for ...

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, ...

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 ...

In the hills of Burundi, farmers tend their coffee crop. Their livelihoods depend on a good harvest. Coffee in the small central African nation is more than just a hot drink; it’s a valuable commodity ...

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 ...

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 ...