Burundi

Drought Hits 350,000 People in Northern Burundi
Reuters, July 24, 2000

More than 350,000 people in northern Burundi have been hit by a prolonged drought that has ravaged most of east Africa, the United Nations said on Monday. Evarist Kagimbangabo, the head of the local administration, said six people had died from the effects of hunger in recent weeks. "People plant but they get no harvest. This is a real catastrophe," he told Reuters. "If no one intervenes, by the end of July many more people will be dying."