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FAO chief denies Latino "purge"
ROME– FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva has strongly denied he is favouring Latin Americans since he took office at the food agency in January.
WFP director visits Latin America
WFP aids victims of Congo conflict
Syrian envoy "takes refuge at FAO"
Exclusive: IFAD fires Global mechanism head
ROME– Christian Mersmann, the respected head of the UN’s Global Mechanism combating desertification, was sacked with two days’ notice by IFAD chief Kanayo Nwanze, UN sources said.
Italy annuls compensation orders for Nazi war crimes
WFP worker released in Darfur
Hangout from Sahel crisis frontlines
Ethiopia aid 'weapon of oppression'
Hundreds walk off job in FAO protest
Politics and poison in Afghan education
KABUL -- In Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, 120 girls and 3 teachers have been hospitalized after toxic substances were sprayed into the classrooms - only a month after 150 others fell ill
FAO, Libya food pledge
WFP staff brave the frontline
WFP fires 17 for fraud and theft
Foot-and-mouth disease spreads to Gaza Strip
Employee "used Tamil TIgers" to bilk FAO
Earth Day dedicated to women
FAO chief "determined but autocratic"
ROME -- In 100 days of office as FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva has impressed staff by his determination to turn around the UN agency but raised questions over an "autocratic" style.
WFP kids "cannot pinpoint home on map"
ROME -- Families of WFP staffers "crack at the seams" and their children "can grow up alienated, rootless ... with heavy emotional 'baggage,' a study by the agency finds.