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 ROME -- A well-known figure at the Circo Massimo, Carlos Watson, has attracted considerable attention within both the FAO headquarters in Rome and the FAO New York Office, where he is frequently s

 ROME – Despite recent disclosures of rampant sexual nepotism and graft at IFAD, key decisions at the Rome based develoipment bank for small farmers still are dri

ROME – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has appointed a “Crisis Manager” to try and contain what is feared is damage to the reputation of the UN agency and its beleaguered

 ROME – Consultants hired by International Fund for Agricultural Development managing director Carola Alvarez at three or four times the normal rate of pay at the

 SAINT MALO-My expat friend would not stop talking about her place in this walled port city, in northwestern France.

 ROME – IFAD’s top female povertybusters Carola Alvarez and Constanza Di Nucci are dressing and behaving “as if they were characters in the Devil wears Prada,” flaunting luxury designer brands with

 ROME – IFAD’s doughty staff association has called for “clear, meaningful consequences” for top managers who abuse their authority but the UN agency’s embattled president Alvaro Lario still has st

 ROME – American President Donald Trump launched another attack Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on social media ahead of a NATO meeting in Ankara later this week, saying that he needs a “rest

 ROME - The World Bank has abandoned a key climate target amid an intense pressure campaign from the US, according to official sources, as external observers accuse bank president Ajay Banga of sac

Rome – The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) has consecrated four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV, prompting what Vatican officials describe as a schismatic act that carries automatic excommun

 ROME – IFAD Managing Director Carola Alvarez told staff this week she is leaving the UN agency in  a surprise move following revelations in the Italian Insider t

 WASHINGTON – Tony Kalm, who has died at age 58, led a constellation of anti-poverty initiatives including overseeing the One Acre Fund that helped millions  of smallholder farmers improve their li

Rome – An acclaimed travelling exhibition showcasing the experiences of life in Gaza through art has arrived in Rome for the final stop of its European tour.

 ROME – The IFAD staff association Wednesday pledged to defend whistleblowers at the UN agency after Argentine American managing director Carola Alvarez threatene

Rome — The evolving nature of identity across the Middle East took centre stage at a conference organised by the Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) on June 18, where academics and experts examined

Rome – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply rebuked United States President Donald Trump after he claimed she had “begged” him to take a photograph with her during this week's G7 summi

 ROME -- Less than an hour’s flight from Rome, on the opposite shore of the Adriatic, a popular movement is unfolding that should concern Europe as a whole.