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BURUNDI: Fatal chicken disease a blow to food security

Foodsecurity in Burundi’s Kayanza province is under threat because of anuntreatable disease that has killed more than 1,000 chickens in onecommune, according to a senior official. "The disease has alsobeen reported in other parts of the country but total numbers of deadchickens are not [yet] available," the director of the Animal HealthDepartment in the Ministry of Agriculture and Stockbreeding, PierreBukuru, told IRIN. "With the pandemic among the chickens, thepopulation will face a...