Africa

Press Releases

9 December 2020

Tigray. Del Re: Italy is ready to help the civilians affected by the conflict

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held telephone talks with the Ethiopian Minister of Peace, Muferiat Kamil, for an update on the  humanitarian situation in the Tigray region. In relation to the Humanitarian Access Agreement signed between the Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations, the Vice Minister reiterated […]

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Press Releases

7 December 2020

Del Re with Portugal Secretary of State on the Cabo Delgado crisis

The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met via videoconference Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal. They focused on the situation in the province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique. Over the last three years, Cabo Delgado (in the north of the country) has been […]

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Press Releases

3 December 2020

Del Re holds talks with Finnish and German counterparts

The Vice Minister responsible for Development Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held separate telephone conversations with Finland’s Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Ville Skinnari, and Germany’s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Gerd Mueller, within the framework of regular contacts with her European counterparts. The talks allowed a fruitful exchange of views […]

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Press Releases

3 December 2020

Vice Minister Del Re at the UN. Women and the youth essential for peace in Somalia

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re took part, via video conference, in the meeting of the UN’s Peacebuilding Commission for Somalia. The meeting, in which the Prime Minister and Minister of Woman and Human Rights Ibrahim also took part, was carried out on the vigil of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. In this regard, the […]

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Diplomatic Network

1 December 2020

Senegal, la V Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo

In occasione della V Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, l’Ambasciata d’Italia in Dakar ha promosso un articolato programma di iniziative nella giornata del 30 novembre.  In collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, con la sede di Dakar dell’Agenzia per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo e con il Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 November 2020

Sud Africa, la V Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo

In occasione della V Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, l’Ambasciata a Pretoria ha scelto di valorizzare le eccellenze della ristorazione italiana in Sud Africa in due serate di gala, tenutesi a Cape Town e Pretoria il 23 e il 28 novembre 2020, realizzate con l’attiva partecipazione di alcuni tra i nostri migliori cuochi nel Paese. Celebrando […]

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In detail

26 November 2020

Italian Economic Diplomacy 26 November: latest news from around the world

Bologna University is with Africa, for innovation and sustainable development The event entitled “Bologna University is with Africa, for innovation and sustainable development” will take place tomorrow, 27 November, in Bologna, from 18:00 to 20:30 pm, as part of the European Researchers’ Night 2020. The meeting will be attended by Giuseppe Mistretta, Central Director for […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2020

Accra, un aperitivo con il grande vino italiano

La quinta edizione della Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo è stata celebrata ieri in Ghana con un “Aperitivo in giardino” organizzato dall’Ambasciata d’Italia ad Accra ed il locale Ufficio ICE allo scopo di promuovere le eccellenze della nostra produzione viticola e migliorarne il posizionamento sul mercato ghanese di alto livello. In apertura dell’evento, l’Ambasciatrice d’Italia ad […]

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Press Releases

26 November 2020

Del Re. Italy and South Africa join forces for the post-Covid recovery

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, spoke by video conference at the opening of the seventh edition of Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue, organised by The European House-Ambrosetti. “South Africa and Italy have consistently been united by profound relations. A deep and sincere friendship between two Nations, which are distant […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 November 2020

Kenya, le ricette di Artusi in swahili

In occasione della V Edizione della Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo 2020, dedicata a “Saperi e Sapori delle Terre Italiane, a 200 anni dalla nascita di Pellegrino Artusi”, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Nairobi ha fatto tradurre per la prima volta in assoluto in swahili, lingua ufficiale del Kenya, una selezione di ricette tratte […]

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Press Releases

25 November 2020

Foreign Ministry Note – Di Stefano: Huge potential in Africa for renewable energy

Today Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the second African Union Commission’s (AUC) – International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial Forum. “The connection between energy and the environment forms to core of our work,” said the Deputy Minister, “smart cities, innovative energy technologies, sustainable investments – also from a post pandemic  viewpoint -, energy […]

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Press Releases

24 November 2020

Del Re at the EU FAC on Development: urgent action needed in Tigray

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, took part in the video conference of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in its ‘development’ format. During the meeting there was a discussion on debt relief and investments to achieve the SDGs. The Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, the Commissioner for International Partnerships, […]

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