NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Political violence, a shrinking economy and biting aid cuts are worsening poverty and hunger across Burundi, amid reports that thousands of people are internally ...

The current Burundian government under President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected in August 2005, following a decade of civil war and a long process of political transition. The dominant force in the ...

Located in eastern Africa, Burundi is a mountainous country with a population of over 13.4 million people. Although the country has an unemployment rate of just 1%, it ranks 5th in the list with a ...

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2024 – The World Bank will support the acquisition of fertilizers and pharmaceuticals through contingent financing aimed at tackling pressing shortages in the market, helping ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Burundi has successfully completed its first review under a poverty reduction plan with the International Monetary Fund and won the release of $9.9 million under the program, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, July 28. /TASS/. The opinion about Africa's poverty reflects a universal delusion, in fact it is a rich continent, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye told TASS. "I would never ...

In the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), lay out specific plans on how to end hospital detentions and reform the health system to improve access to basic health care for the poor. To the newly ...

With a poverty rate of 58.9%, a majority of Eswatini’s population lives below the poverty line primarily because of the population’s immense dependence on agriculture and a glaring lack of quality ...

According to a study by CEOWORLD magazine, Burundi has been ranked as the most stressed country in the world in 2025. Burundi is a country in East Africa. It shares borders with Rwanda to the north, ...

Nearly half of Kenyans live in abject poverty, a new World Bank report reveals. This is second after Burundi, which has 67 per cent of its population poor, followed by Rwanda at 44.9 per cent.