In January, Burundi imposed a special tax of 8 percent on the salary of ministers and lawmakers and a 2 percent tax on lower-level civil servants in an effort to raise money to forestall famine in northeastern Burundi.
More than 650,000 people faced severe food shortages in the Burundi provinces of Muyinga and Kirundo due to […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres-USA released an interesting list of top 10 underreported humanitarian stories — stories with a major humanitarian angle that went practically unreported in the United States. The 10 stories they chose were,
Tens of thousands seek refuge in Chad from fighting in Sudan and Central African Republic
Ongoing oppression of Chechen civilians
Unrelenting violence in Burundi
Massive […]