Africa

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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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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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Press Releases

19 November 2020

Del Re: “The Sahel is the real border of Europe”

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened an online event organised by the CGIL trade union on “Peace and human mobility in the Sahel”. In her speech, the Vice Minister gave an appraisal of the situation in the region highlighting Italy’s growing role there. “In recent years, Africa has […]

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Press Releases

18 November 2020

Del Re at the Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel: broadening international support for the stability of the region

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re spoke at the end of the 9th semi-annual Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel, chaired by Italy and opened by Minister Luigi Di Maio. The Vice Minister stressed how, during the meeting, support for the ongoing transition in Mali was reaffirmed, in the belief that the transition has […]

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Press Releases

17 November 2020

Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel

The 9th semi-annual Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel, chaired by Italy, was held today in virtual mode. Opening the meeting together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Minister Di Maio reminded that the stability of the Sahel is of fundamental importance for the security not only […]

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Press Releases

16 November 2020

New Italian strategy for migrations in Sudan

Following upon the visit of Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re to Sudan, the Italian Foreign Ministry launched phase one of the migration strategy for that country. The set of initiatives, financed with an initial contribution of 1.5 million euros from the Migration Fund, was developed, in partnership with UNHCR, IOM and UNDP, focusing on the […]

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Press Releases

13 November 2020

Del Re holds talks with Minister Costa. Strategic collaboration between the Italian Cooperation system and the Environment Ministry

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held video conference talks with the Minister of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Marine Protection, Sergio Costa, on the present and future synergies between the two government departments, with regard to international cooperation. Mr. Costa and Ms. Del Re agreed on the […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 November 2020

Lusaka, omaggio a Dante

L’Ambasciata d’Italia a Lusaka rende omaggio a Dante Alighieri, in occasione del settecentesimo anniversario della sua morte, organizzando per domani 13 novembre alle ore 16 locali (le 15 in Italia) un webinar sul Sommo Poeta.  All’iniziativa, a cui hanno collaborato il Centro culturale italo-zambiano e il locale Comitato della Società Dante Alighieri, è prevista la partecipazione del […]

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In detail

11 November 2020

Minister Luigi Di Maio attends Question Time at the Chamber of Deputies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, answers questions on the initiatives aimed at averting civil war in Ethiopia and protecting the Italian companies operating in that country (Quartapelle Procopio – PD); on the initiatives aimed at containing Turkish expansionism, also in relation to the respect of the Montego Bay Treaty […]

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Press Releases

11 November 2020

Del Re discusses the Sahel situation with the UN Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re held a VTC meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Sir Mark Lowcock, to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Central Sahel. Ms. Del Re and Mr. Lowcock agreed on the need to take preventive action […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 November 2020

Addis Abeba: il progetto “Feeling along the Sidewalk”

In occasione della XX edizione della Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, sotto l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica italiana, dedicata a “L’italiano tra parola e immagine: graffiti, illustrazioni e fumetti”, l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Addis Abeba, in collaborazione con il festival “Tibeb be Adebabay”, presenta “Feelings along the Sidewalk”: un connubio di culture, arti e stili […]

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Press Releases

9 November 2020

Del Re: Africa growing quickly – it’s the time to invest

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re took part in the video conference opening the 4th edition of the Italy-Africa Business Week, along with the Madagascan Foreign Affairs Minister,  Tehindrazanarivelo Djacoba A. S. Oliva.  The conference, under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was entitled “Rebranding Italy in Africa”. “More than 20 […]

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