ROME – Alleged complicity between senior managers at the FAO purportedly sexually harassing women employees and members of the agency’s Office of the Inspector General that examines sex harassment

 ROME – A senior FAO officer during a coffee break on the FAO panoramic terrace with female colleagues "openly discussed his preferences about women’s physical attributes," investigators at the UN

 ROME –  The United Nations World Food Programme thanks the Republic of Korea for their recent decision on increasing their annual contribuition of rice aid to the program.

 ROME – The father of the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, killed in Congo while travelling in a WFP convoy has given an interview to

 ROME – The abrupt withdrawal of two candidates from Iraq and Tajikistan from their official bid to challenge the re-election of the Chinese director general of the FAO, Qu Dongyu,

 PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme warned on Wednesday that an additional 2 - 2.5 million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing vio

 ROME – The World Food Programme (WFP) is deeply concerne

 ROME – The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter

 ROME – Italy’s “Mai Più Fame” (Never Hungry Again) Action Against Hunger project has seen a great success with its 2022 “Restaurants Against Hunger” initiative raising over 100,000 euros from 133

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BLANTYRE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stepped up an emergency response to help an estimated 130,000 people affected by the devastating effects of Cyclone Fre

 DAMASCUS - An average monthly wage can provide for about a quarter of a family’s food needs in Syria according to the statements provided by the UN World Food Programme, highlighting the importanc

 ROME – Italian officials preparing for an inspection next month of the Eternal City’s capacity to host the EXPO 2030 are concerned that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gene

 ROME – The FAO and a constellation of other Chinese-run UN agencies have hired softwear engineers from hi-tech companies such as Bytedance, Huawei, Zoom, and ZTE software to run surveillance of st

 ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s internal oversight investigators carried out covert surveillance of former Assistant Director General Roberto Rido

 ROME - The World Food Programme Executive Board has warmly welcomed the appointment of the new Executive Director Cindy Hensley McCain of the United States, a statement said.

 VIENNA -- As Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to withdraw from the Comprehensive Nucear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and resume nuclear testing, two Vienna-b

BERLIN – After the Italian parliament voted to make the anti-NGO decree into law, widespread criticism arose, as these new regulation seem to breach international and european law.

 ROME -- When the young Spanish finance geek Alvaro Lario took over as President of the troubled International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) last year, hopes were high among staff and We

 ROME – The UN World Food Programme claims it is accelerating its humanitarian response to help earthquake victims in northern Syria but observers say “UN incompetence” and Russian spitefulness are

 ROME - New American air force B61-12 nuclear bombs arrive in Italy, and they will arm the F-35 warplanes stationed at the Ghedi base, military sources say.

 Ancona – The Ocean Viking vessel has survived the storms and waves 6 meters tall, bringing to safety 37 migrants from Libya, but the other boat, the Geo Barents

 ROME – Mehdi Zare Ashkzari, a 30-year-old Iranian man had left his studies in Bologna to return to Iran to care for his ill mother, where he was then beaten to death by police, media reported.