ROME – The World Food Programme (WFP) is deeply concerne

 ROME – The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter

 ROME – Italy’s “Mai Più Fame” (Never Hungry Again) Action Against Hunger project has seen a great success with its 2022 “Restaurants Against Hunger” initiative raising over 100,000 euros from 133

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BLANTYRE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stepped up an emergency response to help an estimated 130,000 people affected by the devastating effects of Cyclone Fre

 DAMASCUS - An average monthly wage can provide for about a quarter of a family’s food needs in Syria according to the statements provided by the UN World Food Programme, highlighting the importanc

 ROME – Italian officials preparing for an inspection next month of the Eternal City’s capacity to host the EXPO 2030 are concerned that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gene

 ROME – The FAO and a constellation of other Chinese-run UN agencies have hired softwear engineers from hi-tech companies such as Bytedance, Huawei, Zoom, and ZTE software to run surveillance of st

 ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s internal oversight investigators carried out covert surveillance of former Assistant Director General Roberto Rido

 ROME - The World Food Programme Executive Board has warmly welcomed the appointment of the new Executive Director Cindy Hensley McCain of the United States, a statement said.

 VIENNA -- As Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to withdraw from the Comprehensive Nucear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and resume nuclear testing, two Vienna-b

BERLIN – After the Italian parliament voted to make the anti-NGO decree into law, widespread criticism arose, as these new regulation seem to breach international and european law.

 ROME -- When the young Spanish finance geek Alvaro Lario took over as President of the troubled International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) last year, hopes were high among staff and We

 ROME – The UN World Food Programme claims it is accelerating its humanitarian response to help earthquake victims in northern Syria but observers say “UN incompetence” and Russian spitefulness are

 ROME - New American air force B61-12 nuclear bombs arrive in Italy, and they will arm the F-35 warplanes stationed at the Ghedi base, military sources say.

 Ancona – The Ocean Viking vessel has survived the storms and waves 6 meters tall, bringing to safety 37 migrants from Libya, but the other boat, the Geo Barents

 ROME – Mehdi Zare Ashkzari, a 30-year-old Iranian man had left his studies in Bologna to return to Iran to care for his ill mother, where he was then beaten to death by police, media reported.

 ROME – Disregarding Western criticism of his pro-Moscow stance, the FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has inaugurated a “Russian room,” funded by the Russian phosph

 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