Africa

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14 December 2012

Dakar: 12th Italian Language Week

Italy took centre stage in Dakar recently with the 12th Italian Language Week. The Senegalese capital enjoyed 7 days of cultural events, film screenings, concerts, theatre performances and language competitions. The initiatives were organised by the Italian Embassy in Dakar, which also promoted a charity concert in Florence to commemorate the tragic events of 13 […]

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7 December 2012

Capetown – Italian Ambassador’s trophy

Young South African sailing enthusiasts squared off in the first edition of the Italian Ambassador’s Trophy, held in the lake of the Simon’s Town naval base, near Capetown, South Africa. The regatta consisted of 8 young crews from the Izivunguvungu sailing school, which offers free courses for youngsters from 8 to 18 from the poorest […]

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4 December 2012

NAIROBI – Mario Biondi concert for solidarity

The Italian Embassy in Nairobi will hold a concert this evening by Mario Biondi, one of the best-loved soul voices on the international musical panorama. The proceeds will go to an Italian Cooperation education project for the construction of a primary school for the poorest children of the coastal city of Malindi in Kenya. Every […]

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Press Releases

2 December 2012

Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with new foreign minister of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi had a telephone meeting today with the new Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom, to whom he extended congratulations on this prestigious appointment, underscoring that the excellent existing relations between Rome and Addis Ababa must be the basis on which to build an even more intense political […]

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29 November 2012

Luanda: exhibition by angolan artists closes the Italian season

Over 200 people attended the exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Angolan artists, and of mosaics produced by the School of Arts and Crafts in Rome. These, the closing events of the 12th Italian Cultural Season in Luanda, were organised in collaboration with the Uniao dos Artistas Plasticos Angolanos. Read more, in Italian.

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27 November 2012

Yemen: Managing migration flows, training courses in Italy

A course on migration-flow management for officials from Yemen, which each year sees over 100,000 immigrants arrive from the Horn of Africa, is now under way in Rome. The project, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organised by SudgestAid with the collaboration of Ancitel, envisages an information-register office system to improve refugee and […]

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27 November 2012

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received Cameroon’s Minister for External Relations, Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, at the Farnesina today

Minister Terzi told his visitor how much Italy appreciates the Cameroon Government’s commitment to democratic stabilisation and economic reform. He underscored the Italian business community’s interest in the exploiting the opportunities provided by the opening of Cameroon’s market to foreign investment, opportunities that were illustrated during a “Country Presentation” by Confindustria during the Cameroonian delegation’s […]

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26 November 2012

UN: adoption at committee stage of the Resolution against female genital mutilation is an important advance. We must now continue our efforts until the battle is won

“A reason for special satisfaction for Italy and an important step forwards in a campaign for civility that must be continued until the battle is won”. These were Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s words on learning of the adoption, just minutes ago in New York, of the Resolution on intensifying the global effort to eliminate female […]

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26 November 2012

Pretoria: Ferrero report on corporate social responsibility

The third report by the Ferrero Group on Corporate Social Responsibility, entitled “Sharing values to create value”, was presented in Pretoria at the residence of the Italian Ambassador to South Africa, where a round table discussion involved a large number of representatives from business, economic and civil society spheres and the media. Read more, in […]

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Interviews

26 November 2012

Terzi:«UN ban on genital mutilation – a battle that Italy means to win» (Io Donna)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata has made frequent trips to Africa over recent months, which included some risky missions, like the one he made to Mogadishu to make up for Italy’s long (and guilty) absence from that region. “I met with some extraordinary women”, he recalls, “2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Leymah […]

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21 November 2012

Dakar: Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days

Dakar will host the second edition of the Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days on 3 and 4 December. The event will be a moment for reflection and encounter on the current strategy of the Italian Cooperation in that country, and allow for the promotion to local authorities and international donors of Italy’s activities in Senegal. It will […]

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20 November 2012

Zambia: Business meeting in Parma

A rich source of raw materials and metals in a steady growth phase and already in the sights of other major rivals such as China and Brazil: the country in question in Zambia, the subject of a Country Presentation planned for today in Parma, organized by the Parma industrialists’ union in collaboration with Confindustria Assafrica […]

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