ROME – WFP investigators have opened a probe into management of its staff in Haiti where the Kenyan country director, Wanja Kaaria, allegedly hired a constellation of African cronies without due recruitment process and used funds questionably as if the UN operation was “her personal kingdom,” WFP sources say.
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ROME – ICCROM cultural heritage quango donor countries will seek to fire director general Aruna Francesca Gujral this week at a general assembly amid widespread dissatisfaction with her 'pisspoor' performance including “running unchecked, squandering public money on her friends while crying for an increase in funding,” diplomatic sources say.
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VENICE -- A 47-year-old Spanish tourist is under investigation after allegedly attempting to avoid paying for a lavish 700 euro meal at the Chat Qui Rit near St Mark’s Square, prompting staff to alert the Carabinieri, police said.
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MILAN-In a landmark criminal investigation into
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ROME – WFP’s chief of staff Meghan Latcovich and director of communications Michele Quintaglie have axed as many as half of the UN agency’s employees and consultants in the Communications division, using budget cuts as a pretext to replace older. loyal employees with their friends and free up funds for new director level croneyist hires, WFP sources say.
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