SANTIAGO—The mystery of Raoul Benitez’s appointment to head the FAO’s troubled Latin American and Caribbean division has deepened as the fun-loving Argentinian economist is increasingly sidelined b

Rome—The Italian businessman held in a central African prison for two and a half years has described his ordeal and denounced the

 ROME - Stakhanovite FAO Director General

ROME - The FAO Association of Professionals (AP in FAO) has urged Director General José Graziano da Silva to rescind the 'punitive' posting of a former general secretary of the staff association to

 NEW YORK – The attempt to stifle whistleblower Anders Kompass’ exposure of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers in Africa shows that s

ROME - Tension between diplomats in Rome representing the rival governments of Libya has climaxed with the stabbing in the street of one embassy staffer by an embassy security goon, police sources

ROME– FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva, evidently seeking to widen his power base to include Chancellor Angela Merkel's government, has appointed German diplomat Christoph Martin Frick t

Rome -- Laura Boldrini, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, opened on Thursday the photo exhibition "