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The Burundian government has declared famine in five provinces and set up a fund, known as the National Solidarity for Food Security, through which civil servants, private companies and individuals can contribute money to feed hundreds of thousands of people who are facing food shortages. In a presidential decree signed on 17 February, President Pierre Nkurunziza declared famine in the provinces as Muyinga and Cankuzo in the northeast; Ngozi and Kirundo in the north; and Rutana in t. . . |
