ROME --The FAO DIrector General QU DOngyu is "missing in action" amid the global hunger crisis exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Politico magazine says quo

 ROME – Senior managers at the World Food Programme sought to hold an event on fighting racism at the UN agency that would not discomfort the Executive Director,

 ROME – Allegations of blatant appointment rigging by a top manager in WFP’s strife-torn GIS section underline that “In the new WFP gender and race take precedenc

 ROME – As David Beasley’s tenure as head of WFP draws to a close, diplomats reflect that while the former Republican governor has been a good fundraiser, helping

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  Christopher Matthews, who has died at age 79, was a Russian-born, bohemian godson of Graham Greene with a larger than

ROME – The UN Agencies cricket team won the Queen’s Championship Cup, beating the Commonwealth Club in the 2022 final, organisers said. 

 ROME – Prosecutors have requested the indictment of two World Food Programme employees accused of manslaughter for their alleged role in the death of the Italian Ambassador and his Carabiniere gua

 ROME – The prison at Santa Maria Capua Vetere, north of Naples, is denying their prisoners clean water, heating,

 SHARM EL SHEIKH – PM Meloni raised the issue of respect for human rights during the Cop27 conference but has not focused more on the cases of Giulio Regeni and Patrick Zaki.

 ROME – As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on the international community to invest in building t

ROME – Pope Franics speaks on a possibility for peace in Ukraine while an announcement is made that Ukrainian military forces have received surface-to-air missile systems from the United States.

 ROME – A local Veneto prison recently refused help from outside sources to help a severely ill prisoner, worldwide INGO reported.

 ROME – As FAO Director General Qu Dongyu prepares for probable re-election to a second term, diplomats from member states have been trying to make sense of a ram

 ROME -- The World Food Programme has denied that there was a conflict of interest in the Boston Consulting Group's pro bono partnership with the UN agency involv

 COLOMBO – An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and liveliho

 ROME – Juan José Coy Giron, a former General Secretary of the Association of Prefessional Staff of FAO, has won a symbolic court case against the FAO in which closure of the UN agency's luxurious

 NAIROBI – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms.

 ISTANBUL - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointing of Amir Mahmoud Abdulla from Sudan as the world body’s coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative on Friday, said a st

SEOUL - Son Heung-Min, a prominent English Premier League football player for Tottenham Hotspur, who scored 23 goals in the 2021/22 season, making him one of the top scorers of the season and earni