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Food shortages reported in Kirundo and Muyinga

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    The northern provinces of Kirundo and Muyinga, where rains had "scarcely fallen" for the past three years, along with sections of Cankuzo Province and the lowlands area of Gihanga were among the worst affected by current food shortages, with officials having observed malnutrition and "a certain measure of famine," Radio Burundi on Monday quoted a senior agriculture
    ministry official as saying. Mosso in southeastern Burundi, Imbo in the west and northern areas of Bugesera region were also severely drought-affected, he added.

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