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Diplomatic Network
4 November 2022
Tanzania – Ambassador Lombardi attends “Youth Pre-Cop 27”

The Ambassador of Italy to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, took part in the “Youth Pre-Cop 27” event organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Dar es Salaam. The Egyptian, EU and Swedish ambassadors (the last-named a Board member of the Thunberg Foundation) also attended. During this meeting with prominent representatives of Tanzanian young environmentalists’ […]

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Press Releases
3 November 2022
Agreement on cessation of hostilities between the Ethiopian Government and the TPLF

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the important agreement on the cessation of hostilities between the Government of Ethiopia and the TPLF. It is a commendable step from all the actors involved in the African Union led-talks. The implementation of this  result is now crucial. Italy remains ready to help achieve a lasting peace in […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 October 2022
Tripoli – “3Codesign” travelling exhibition arrives in Libya

The 3CODESIGN travelling exhibition promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and curated by architect Silvana Annicchiarico has arrived in Tripoli. The initiative was organised by the Embassy of Italy in collaboration with Libya’s Department of Antiquities and is being staged after a long tour that included China, Qatar, Canada, the United […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 October 2022
Week of the Italian Language in Tanzania

From 17 to 20 October 2022, the Week of the Italian Language in the World was also held in Tanzania. This year’s theme, “Italian and young people” was very interesting for the Country, with an average age of about 18 years and which is experiencing a 3% population growth rate per year. For the occasion, […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 October 2022
Italy-Tanzania Business and Investment Forum in Zanzibar​

Roughly 800 enterprises, of which about 100 Italian or local, although wholly Italian-owned, participated in the Italy-Tanzania Business and Investment Forum held in Zanzibar and in Dar es Salaam. The event, organised by the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, ICE – the Italian Trade Agency, the Italian and Tanzanian Foreign Ministries, the Tanzania Investment […]

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Press Releases
29 September 2022
Development Cooperation, Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presides over Joint Committee meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. Representatives from other Authorities in charge of the matters under discussion also took part in […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 September 2022
Durban, “Twenty thousand leagues under the seas” amid LED lights and digital projections​

The Italian Cultural Institute of Pretoria and Durban’s Centre for Creative Arts are pleased to present the theatrical show “Twenty thousand leagues under the seas”, of the Italian theatre company ‘Teatro Potlach’, to be staged for the first time in South Africa, as part of Durban’s Poetry Africa festival. Taking cue from Jules Verne’s novel, […]

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Press Releases
21 September 2022
UN: Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni attends the high-level side event on the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa

Today, on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the United Nations 77th General Assembly, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Qatar, in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Kenya and Somalia, promoted a high-level side event on the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. The Horn […]

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Diplomatic Network
16 September 2022
Tanzania National Assembly Speaker thanks Italy

Italy’s Ambassador in Dar es Salaam, Marco Lombardi, met – along with other European ambassadors – with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Tullia Ackson. During the meeting, they addressed all the major issues regarding cooperation between the EU and Tanzania. As far as Italy is concerned, the Speaker wanted to thank our […]

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Press Releases
12 September 2022
Note by the Farnesina – Situation in Ethiopia

Italy favourably welcomes the Tigray Regional Government’s willingness to comply with an immediate negotiated cease of hostilities and an African Union-led negotiation process. To this end, we urge the Ethiopian Government to consider this new opportunity for the good of the Ethiopian population and nation, and of the entire region. It is in this spirit […]

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Press Releases
31 August 2022
Sudan. Emergency contribution from Italian Cooperation in response to the severe floods in the Country

The Italian Cooperation has allocated an emergency contribution of 250,000 euros to the activities of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Sudan in response to the growing humanitarian needs in the Country caused by the floods affecting the southern regions in Sudan. This contribution will allow IFRC to support […]

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