ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti reaffirmed support for the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), pledging a 10 percent increase in donations to the agency, despite I

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ROME -- A looming crisis in the Sahel region of Africa has prompted an "unprecedented" level of cooperation in the international aid community.

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 ROME -- As many as 100,000 people who died due to famine in East Africa would have survived if U.N.

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ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has named Ertharin Cousin as the next Executive Director of the Rome-based food agency.  

ROME -- Member States of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), meeting in Rome for Consultations on the Ninth Replenishment of the Fund’s resources (IFAD9), announced a target

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ROME -- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has estimated that more than 2.5 million people will be in need of food assistance next year in South Sudan.

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ROME -- A working paper released by Transparency International and U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has found “pervasive” corruption in the land sector.

By JAN FILIPOWICZ and ALYX BARKER ROME–U. N. World Food Programme Director Josette Sheeran is using WFP funds to finance a campaign to be reappointed, despite the U.S.

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ROME-- British actor Jeremy Irons took a swipe at the United Nations’ often sluggish bureaucracy during his inauguration as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.

By Alyx Barker

ROME -- Leading ‘hungercrats’ at the World Food Day ceremony today spoke of the need to combat volatile food prices.