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Ifad to splurge on conference tent after FAO snub
ROME – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will splurge as much as half a million euros of taxpayers’ money on building a huge tent structure on its headquarters car park to
After FAO, China poised to grab World Food Programme
ROME – China’s victory in the Food and Agriculture Organization election due to bungled U.S.
FAO Hispanic clique run for cover
ROME – Staff at the FAO have welcomed the approachable, open style of their new director general Qu Dongyu as senior Latin American and Hispanic executives appointed by the previous Brazilian regi
FAO DG appoints new chef de cabinet in waiting
ROME – Ever smiling Chinese FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has surrounded himself with a team of seven countrymen or women appointed by the Communist Government in Beijing headed by Guangzhou Qu,
Alleged lover denies affair with WFP honcho
ROME -- The WFP woman employee accused by the wife of WFP Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdulla of being his lover has strongly denied ever having had an affair with the powerful Sudanese potent
Exclusive: WFP donors grill investigator on sex abuse
ROME – International news agencies were poised to record the possible resignation of embattled World Food Programme Number 2 honcho Amir Mahmoud Abdulla Wednesday as donors to the UN agency quizzed
WFP chief slams rogue directors for 'abuse of power'
ROME – WFP Executive Director David Beasley has told directors of the UN agency to drop a petition they began circulating in support of beleaguered Deputy Director Amir 'Pasha' Abdulla, telling the
WFP sleuth 'covered for lecherous honchos'
ROME – WFP Deputy Director Amir Abdulla’s extracurricular amorous activities have been an open secret at the agency for years but controversial Director of Investigators (OIGI) Barnardin Assiene c
Exclusive: Four women accuse WFP No. 2 of sex assault
ROME– Four World Food Programme women employees have accused Sudanese Deputy Director Amir Abdulla of coercing them into sex while working at the Rome-based UN f
WFP book club email blew whistle on playboy honcho
ROME – An irate wife’s email to fellow members of the World Food Programme book club blew the whistle on Sudanese Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdulla’s amorou
WFP external review jeopardises casanova executive's future
ROME – World Food Programme Deputy Director Amir Abdulla came under pressure to resign before he is fired Saturday after an external review on sexual harassment
Exclusive: Dozens of WFP women staffers 'raped at work'
ROME – Dozens of World Food Progamme women staffers say they have been raped or subject to attempted rape or other sexual assault by senior colleagues or bosses while working at the UN agency, many
FAO chief relaxes business class travel curb
ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has relaxed a curb on business class travel by hungercrats at the UN agency, raising hopes among staff that China may increase its contribution to the embattle
Letter to the Editor: Re FAO and unsavoury regimes
FAO business as usual with unsavoury regimes?
ROME — After what now looks like the token axeing of the FAO HR director for alleged serial sex harassment, the new Chinese supremo at the UN poverty-busting agency seems to be following in the fo
German support crucial for WFP in Syria crisis
World Food Programme fights Ebola outbreak
Italy demands China yield FAO top job
ROME – FAO Chinese supremo Qu Dongyu faced the first major diplomatic test of his reign Tuesday after host country Italy’s nationalist government demanded it be given a deputy director general posi
After sex scandal, FAO seeks new HR honcho
ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization advertised Monday for a new Human Resources director following the dismissal this month by the new Chinese management of HR supremo Fernando Servan in
FAO tribute after former DG Diouf dies
ROME — FAO staff and consultants paid tribute Monday at their headquarters to former director general Jacques Diouf, who died last week-end at age 81.
FAO chaos as Chinese staff flounder
ROME -- The new Beijing-ruled regime at the FAO has got off to a chaotic start as new Chinese attachés hired to the Cabinet of the UN agency have little or no knowledge and are incapable of speaki
FAO chief investigator canned in Ferragosto purge
FAO confirms HR chief 'Me too' firing
ROME -- The Food and Agriculture Organization confirmed this week the departure of its former Human Resources director Fernando Servan following his investigation and summary dismissal amid charge