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FAO staffers demand nepotism, sex harassment probe at Zimbabwe office
HARARE – Present and former FAO staffers in Zimbabwe have called for an investigation into alleged nepotism under the leadership of Southern Regional Coordinato
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FAO payroll 'overfunded by 20 percent' due to 'budgetary fraud,' UN Inspection Unit says
ROME – As many as 20 percent of posts at the Food and Agriculture Organization financed by donors in advance are “permanently vacant” due to recruitment delays,
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Famine imminent in northern Gaza, new report warns
Women and girls the key to unlocking DRC's future, says WFP chief on International Women's Day
Sudan's war risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, warns WFP chief
Chinese FAO chief 'threatened African leaders he could remove them from office'
ROME – The FAO Director General Qu Dongyu while travelling in Africa boasted to heads of state and government that he has the power “as a Chinese official” to have them removed from office and re
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U.N. food agency pauses deliveries to northern Gaza
Sudan crisis sends shockwaves around the region as displacement, hunger, and malnutrition soar
FAO Human Resources re-shuffle leaves consultants sceptical
ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu is poised to appoint Lebanese dandy Serge Nakouzi as head of the agency’s troubled human resources division after the transfer of former HR director Geert de
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Meloni's ambitious Mattei plan --an opportunity for Italy or hot air for Africa?
ROME -- The Italy-Africa Summit, which was being held by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Government Monday and Tuesday in the Italian Senate building, is
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China-IAEA joint Nuclear management school underlines Beijing's growing influence in UN agency
VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency has held a “joint nuclear management school” with China under which 40 young nuclear professionals from 23 countr
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WFP staffers charge ED Cindy McCain 'nowhere to be seen' at agency headquarters
ROME – The embattled World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain has come under fire from senior WFP executives who claim she has not been seen at the
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IAEA Marie Curie fellowship hitting rocks as Grossi deploys 'enforcer' for Ukraine war deployments
VIENNA – The ambitious IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s laudable Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship programme aimed at boosting women’s opportunities in nuclear technol
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IAEA supremo's armoured vehicle fleet for beleaguered Zaporizhzia plant obervers raises accountants' eyebrows
VIENNA – International Atomic Energy Agency supremo Rafael Grossi has raised accountants’ eyebrows at the purportedly cash-strapped organization by splashing out some 1 million euros on a fleet of
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With famine in Gaza looming, WFP delivers convoy of direct aid from Jordan to the Strip
McCain WFP Gaza fracas fuels speculation United States might lose leadership of troubled UN agency
ROME – The popularity of World Food Programme Executive Cindy McCain among staff has plummeted as staff accuse the maverick Republican party supporter and person
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Chinese HR appointment at IAEA seen as more nepotism
VIENNA – Consultants at the International Atomic Energy Agency are incandescent over what they say is the hiring of a Chinese national by the German Director of
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As goodwill ambassador quits WFP over Cindy McCain's pro-Israeli policy, critics say UN agency is 'rudderless'
ROME -- Renowned Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabry has resigned from her role as a goodwill ambassador the World Food Programme amid growing protests by staffers and the Arab world over WFP Exe
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European Union supports expansion of logistics lifeline for people in Gaza
WFP chief makes urgent plea for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as food runs out
Food lifeline for desperate families in Gaza at risk without fuel, WFP says
FAO in new departure funds Iranian ‘transformative study tour’ in China
TEHRAN – An Iranian delegation has embarked on a “transformative study tour in China with FAO support” in a development that is sure to raise Western concern ove
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IAEA and FAO chiefs launch 'ground-breaking' but nebulous Atoms4Food 'initative'
ROME – As if hiring the IAEA chief’s daughter to a staff job in his cabinet office over the heads of other young consultants were not enough, FAO chief QU Dongyu
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'Valid concerns' over nepotism by Atomic Energy Agency head, news letter says
VIENNA – United Nations employees in the Austrian capital have “valid concerns” about suspected nepotism in the appointment of IAEA chief Rafael Grossi’s wife to
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