ROME – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has undergone “corporate capture” by accepting under its Chinese director general, Qu Dongyu, large scale funding from multinationals from th

PORT-AU-PRINCE – In Haiti, where almost half the population is already food insecure, hunger is set to rise amidst increasing inflation, high costs of food and fuel and deteriorating security, warn

 ROME -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has appointed its Spanish top finance executive, Alvaro Lario, to be its next president, choosing a champion of private sector in

ROME- The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic

 ROME - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ambassadors to Italy, led by Mr.

DAKAR – The number of people affected by food insecurity in Cabo Verde is set to spike with more than 46,000 women, men and children – almost 10 percent of the population - facing an acute deterior

 LONDON -- A BBC current affairs documentary on whistleblowers exposing sexual abuse and other malfeasance at the United Nations features the nefarious activities of

ROME – At the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) headquarters, 28 employees of the catering sector face imminent dismissal, as Elinor Spa, the company previously in charge, reached the end of

 ROME – Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of Colombo on Thursday, marking the start of WFP’s emergency resp

KIEV –Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi travelled overnight by train from Poland to Kiev with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz to meet Ukrainian Prime Minister

 ROME -- Chinese media hailed the opening this week of the new IFAD East and Southern Africa regional office, underlining Beijing’s interest in using the UN agency and its development projects as a

 ROME – The Head of the Arab League Mission, Inas Mekkawi, hihglighted support for Kuwait’s candidate, Dr.

ROME - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) issued its first sustainable development bond with Folksam on Wednesday, a leading insurance and pension fund in Sweden.

ROME- The FAO arranged to meet Wednesday for the first Mediterranean Ministerial Dialogue on the Food Security Crisis hosted by the Farnesina. The jamboree calls

 ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday issued a stark warning of mu

 ROME – The father of the Italian ambassador killed in Congo while travelling in a WFP convoy has called the UN agency “immoral” for insisting its’ employees, who are under investigation in Italy o

 ROME – IFAD’s upcoming presidential election may leave the development bank for small farmers vulnerable to manipulation by China, increasing Beijing’s control o

 NAIROBI -- IFAD presidential candidate Raychelle Omamo, the Kenyan foreign minister, frequently has hit headlines in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the past for h

 ROME –  Kenya’s foreign minister, Rachelle Awuor Omamo, has emerged as the front runner to become the next president of IFAD, and the first woman to hold the post, after Western donor countries ye

 ROME – Five little known candidates, each from a different continent, have thrown their hats in the ring to succeed Togolese kingpin Gilbert Houngbo as the president of the International Fund for

 ROME -- Scores of members of the Ukrainian community in Italy have staged a protest outside the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), calling for Russia to be expelled from

 NEW YORK – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, addressed the United Nations Security Council today on the impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security.

 ROME – FAO’s Ombudswoman is investigating complaints that the UN agency abusively is obliging staff and their spouses and children to produce Covid-19 vacc