Ex IFAD czar Nwanze new Graziano cheerleader at FAO
ROME – Controversial former IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze has been hired by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva to drum up support in Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the Brazilian agron
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ROME – Controversial former IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze has been hired by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva to drum up support in Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the Brazilian agron
ROME – FAO supremo José Graziano da Silva is seeking to consolidate his vice-like grip on the UN agency by backing the candidature of veteran Pakistani hungercrat Khalid 'booby' Mehboob as 'Indepen
TAORMINA— World leaders left the G7 summit frustrated after failing to persuade U.S President, Donald Trump, to commit to Paris climate change accord, while Italy were disappointed by the lack of
VATICAN CITY – U.S President Donald Trump had a colourful audience with Pope Francis Wednesday that Trump dubbed "a great honour" but it was unclear if progress was made in reconciling their views
ROME – The FAO’s hallowed “Commissary” tax free store for employees is to close as part of budget cuts requested by Director General José Graziano da Silva, FAO sources say.
ROME-- Representatives from the FAO and WFP outlined the famine crisis gripping parts of Africa and Asia, which is considered 'one of the largest food crises in 70 years,' according to the press p
ROME-- Mounting concern after reports of Libyan coastguards, trained and led by the Italian interior ministry, intimidating migrant-packed NGO vessels off the coast of Tripoli.
ROME- Ambassadors, politicians and writers descended on the MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the independence of the State of Isr
LIMA -- Former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia has resigned from her post as head of the Geneva liason office of the FAO, saying that her judicial woes in her homeland prevent her taking up the
ROME -- Callista Gingrich, wife of congressman about town Newt Gingrich is expected to be the next American ambassador to the Holy See despite some Catholic commentators’ concern about her husband’
NAPLES – Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni arrived in Sannio, in the Province of Benevento, earlier Wednesday and visited two of the region’s top companies bearing Italian brands of excellence
ROME-- Italian journalist Gabriele del Grande landed in Bologna on Monday after being released from a Turkish detention camp.
ANKARA—The Italian journalist, Gabriele Del Grande, met with the Italian consul and his lawyer at the administrative detention centre in Mugla, Turkey, where he has been detained for the last 11 da
ROME – As if defending WFP’s budget were not enough, new Executive DIrector David Beasley may order a review of security at the UN agency’s headquarters following reports that the commute to the lo
LIMA – Peruvian ex-congressman Santiago Gastañadui has affirmed that former Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia, is intending to take up her appointment to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
ROME--The Mayor of Lampedusa, Giuseppina Nicolini, and the French NGO, SOS Méditeranée have been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for saving the lives of many refugees a
ROME — Pope Francis’ media exposure during Easter celebrations confirmed his role as a popular and respected world leader, but this week a group of Catholic lay i
ROME – The judge in the trial of Italian Insider’s chief editor for alleged criminal defamation of the FAO and four of its executives this week postponed hearing of the case until Dec. 21.
ROME – WFP Executive Director David Beasley was having his first face to face meeting Wednesday with staff at agency headquarters, updating them on UN dignitaries he has met recently before arrivin
ROME – FAO DIrector General José Graziano da Silva asked for a “bilateral meeting” with then U.S. President Barack Obama last year, a letter to the U.S.
ROME – Newly appointed WFP Executive Director David Beasley has engaged with his staff from day one in the job by sending staff a letter outlining his efforts to defend U.S.
FLORENCE- Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall continued their ongoing visit to Italy by showing their support for the Slow Food movement in Florence on Monday.