By ALYX BARKER

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

By ALYX BARKER

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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.

By ALYX BARKER

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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By JAN FILIPOWICZ

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.

 HELSINKI– The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President, Kanayo Nwanze, has made one of his first public appearances since

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 ROME – Next week-end’s election of a new Director General for the U.N.

 CANBERRA – The U.N. World Food Programme  has announced the appointment of Jessica Watson as youth representative to support the organisation in the global fight against hunger.