irinnews.org - BUJUMBURA Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of families are without assistance in the northwestern province of Cibitoke after heavy rains damaged houses and crops, officials said. The administrator of the Mabayi commune in Cibitoke, Jean-Marie Vianney Hategekimana, said exact figures were not available, adding: "We are still assessing the damage and the needs of the population." Early in October, residents of the communes of Bukinanyana and Murwi, also in Cibitoke, suffered heavy...» view full story