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WFP staff association hit by resignations ahead of AGM
ROME -- Four members of the 18-member Staff Council of the World Food Programme’s Professional Staff Association have resigned in the past six weeks including the Treasurer responsible for the co
NGOs petition FAO to eschew deepening CropLife links
ROME – Pesticide Action Network, Public Eye, Third World Network and other environmental watchdog NGOs have circulated a petition urging the FAO to drop plans to
Judge dismisses 2nd FAO libel lawsuit against Italian Insider
ROME — A judge at the Rome Tribunal Friday ordered the archiving of a second case brought against Italian Insider chief editor John Phillips by the Food and Agri
WFP chief warns of Yemen 'countdown to catastrophe'
UN Report: Conflict, climate and Covid fuel rise in hunger
Exclusive: FAO\ Croplife 'letter of intent' raises concern of UN agency 'sell-out'
ROME -- An unprecedented letter of intent signed by the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Giulia Di Tommaso, President and CEO of CropLife Internationa
EXCLUSIVE: DNA, key to justice for child of Aussie sex tourist
Ridolfi axeing raises fear of more FAO bloodletting
ROME -- The axeing of former EU investment guru Roberto Ridolfi from his position as an FAO Assistant Director General has left five other ADGs being held
Exclusive: FAO axes former EU investment guru Ridolfi after nepotism probe
ROME -- The FAO former ADG Roberto Ridolfi evidently has had his contract terminated and left the UN agency amid concern over alleged conflicts of interests the
Nobel Peace Prize humbling says WFP Chief
Nobel Peace Prize ‘slap in the face’ to WFP abuse victims
WFP defends flying Sudan rebel leader on UN helicopter
ROME --A flight carrying the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (North), Abdulaziz Al-Hilu, was expressly authorized by the WFP Executive Director, David Beasley, to facilitate negotiatio
Interview:Algeria's leaders 'mean business' with reform referendum, says the Algerian Ambassador to Italy
ROME – Algeria’s upcoming referendum gives the north African nation a chance to reform its constitution meaningfully for the first time since independence
Nigeria, rickshaws and boats get aid to Covid hotspots
Exclusive: WFP staff 'fear retaliation' after evangelical aide brokers secularization deal
ROME – Staff at the WFP office in Sudan are concerned they may be at risk from retaliation after Gavin Gramstad, a Special Assistant to the WFP Executive Directo
WFP denies gender, ethnic imbalance in ED office
ROME – A self-styled group of ‘concerned WFP staff’ has raised questions about the appointment of American aid worker and consultant Gavin Gramstad as a Special
‘United cities’ converge on Rome
Pope Francis concern over crippled tourism industry
Italian Premier, ‘the time of courage’
FAO economist strongly denies fraud claims
ROME -- A former senior economist at the UN Food and Agriculture organization has strongly denied reports that he allegedly defrauded the UN agency of as much as
FAO post Covid- vacanze Italiane replace vacanze Romane?
ROME – As FAO diplomats try to resume work after the summer break, they continue to watch FAO, as far as they can, to understand the management of Chinese DG Qu Dongyu in his second year in office.
EU injects €45 million to aid Yemeni families
UN Policy Brief on Tourism and COVID 19 launched
Exco probe latest in rash of UN agency scandals
ROME -- An EU probe into a top FAO executive is the latest in a long string of scandals that have rocked UN agencies in Italy over the past decade including alle