Africa

Press Releases

21 November 2025

Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Italian Foreign Ministry announces a EUR 150 million contribution at the G20 in South Africa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at the initiative of Minister Antonio Tajani, will contribute EUR 150 million to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for the period 2026–2028. The announcement, made today on the margins of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, reaffirms Italy’s longstanding leadership in the field of […]

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Press Releases

20 November 2025

Minister Tajani attends today’s Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in Brussels today to take part in the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The agenda includes Ukraine, the Middle East, the situation in the Sahel, and the crisis in Sudan. On Ukraine, ministers will focus primarily on financial […]

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Economic Diplomacy

13 November 2025

La concia keniana tra limiti e opportunità

L’industria della pelle keniana, seppur bisognosa di efficientamenti, è tra quelle in Africa con un maggior potenziale di crescita grazie a una combinazione unica di risorse naturali, vantaggi competitivi e impegno istituzionale. Il Paese dell’Africa orientale può infatti contare su un’ampia disponibilità di materie prime. Secondo il Kenya Leather Development Council e i dati UN […]

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Press Releases

5 November 2025

Tajani announces “Italy for Sudan”: emergency mobilisation in response to the Sudanese humanitarian crisis

In his address to the Chamber of Deputies today, in response to a parliamentary question, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani provided an update on the Italian Government’s actions to address the humanitarian situation caused by the civil war in Sudan. Minister Tajani stated that “Italy is at the forefront of humanitarian assistance, supporting the […]

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Press Releases

31 October 2025

Mission of Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi to West Africa: Institutional meetings in Niamey and visit to the Italian Support Mission in Niger

The mission to West Africa of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi concluded yesterday in Niger. After visits to Nouakchott and Dakar, the two Ministers were in Niamey for meetings with the country’s highest authorities and for a visit to Italian […]

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Interviews

31 October 2025

Italy’s mission in Niger targets jihadist threat and human trafficking (Il Giornale)

“The mission to Mauritania, Senegal and Niger has helped strengthen Italy’s role in Africa,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani told Il Giornale by phone during his return flight. The Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi. From Niamey, Tajani conveyed Italy’s message: “We count on Niger to guarantee […]

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Press Releases

30 October 2025

Sudan: Italy calls for an immediate end to hostilities

The fall of El Fasher, in North Darfur, to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 26 October, following an 18-month siege, marks a dramatic deterioration in Sudan’s already devastating civil war, with potentially catastrophic humanitarian consequences. Italy expresses its grave concern at reports emerging from El Fasher of widespread atrocities, summary executions, and deliberate acts […]

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Press Releases

30 October 2025

Institutional meetings of Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi in Dakar

Following their visit to Mauritania, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi held institutional meetings in Dakar with the President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye. The two Ministers also attended a working dinner with the Minister for African […]

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Press Releases

29 October 2025

Sports diplomacy initiative in Dakar launched by Minister Tajani

During his mission to West Africa, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, took part today in an event in Dakar dedicated to sports diplomacy, attended by athletes and representatives from Senegal’s sporting community. Alongside Italian champions Alessandra Sensini (windsurfing specialist) and Luca Dotto (swimmer), Minister Tajani underlined […]

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Press Releases

29 October 2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges Italian nationals to leave Mali

Due to the escalating blockade of fuel supplies along all major road routes into Mali, carried out by terrorist groups, the country is experiencing a severe fuel shortage, which is significantly affecting electricity provision. This situation may further deteriorate the security environment, including in the capital, Bamako. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly advises against […]

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Press Releases

29 October 2025

Second day of the mission by Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi. In Dakar for institutional meetings, the Conference of Italian Ambassadors in Africa, and the Italy–Senegal Business Forum

The second day of the mission to West Africa by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi is taking place today in Senegal. After their first stop in Mauritania, the Ministers are now in Dakar. The mission aims to strengthen bilateral relations […]

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Press Releases

28 October 2025

Tajani and Piantedosi’s mission to Africa begins. Today in Mauritania

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, are in Nouakchott today for the first part of a mission to sub-Saharan Africa. In Mauritania, a priority country for Italian Cooperation, Ministers Tajani and Piantedosi will meet with Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Diay, Minister of Foreign […]

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