Africa

Press Releases

27 September 2019

Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia on the fringes of the UNGA. During the talks, Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy has always considered the Horn of Africa Countries as strategic partners and […]

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Press Releases

25 September 2019

Minister Di Maio co-chairs the high-level event on Somalia in New York

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, chaired the high-event meeting on Somalia together with Somalia’s President, Farmajo, Ethiopia’s President, Sahle-Uork Zeudè and the US Undersecretary of State, Hale. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson of the African Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki, by the most important donors […]

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Events

24 September 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re meets Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs

​Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan, Asmaa Abdalla, on the sidelines of the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations. It was the first time a representative of the Italian government met with a representative of the civilian-led transitional government of Sudan. […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 September 2019

Italy at the Luanda Biennale

Italy participated in the first “Biennale of Luanda: Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace”, promoted by UNESCO in partnership with the African Union and the Government of Angola. The aim of the event was to contribute to the promotion of the “culture of peace” in Africa. The Forum was attended by 12 African countries […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 September 2019

Johannesburg: Medea, the debut of the Teatro Patologico in Africa

The Teatro Patologico Association of Rome will travel to Africa at the end of September to stage a single performance of the great classical tragedy Medea at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. The performance, which will be staged thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will see the disabled youths of the Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

4 September 2019

​Cinema: the CinemArena experience travels from Africa to Roma

The convoy of trucks that for months drove through the roads of Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Gambia and Nigeria to bring outdoor cinema to more than 75,000 people will now arrive in Rome. The 135 evening events, organised as part of the CinemArena project, which were financed through the Africa Fund of the Ministry of […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 September 2019

Tokyo: Italy looks at Africa

In order to intensify the Italian-Japanese dialogue and cooperation for Africa and with Africa, the Italian Embassy in Japan sponsored a conference as a side-event to the Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (Ticad7). Organised by the Comunità di San’Egidio, the event was hosted at the Sophia University of Tokyo and was attended by over […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 August 2019

Italian Cooperation Launches Road Map for Family Medicine in Sudan

A new road map was launched yesterday in Khartoum to run the Family Health program in Sudan, which aims to strengthen basic health care for the local population. In this context, the Dictorna program – one of the most important initiatives of the Italian Cooperation in Sudan – is currently being rolled out in the […]

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Press Releases

31 July 2019

Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re on diplomatic mission to Djibouti

On 30 and 31 July, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, went on a joint diplomatic mission to Djibouti with the Minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta, to attend several significant initiatives promoted at the Italian Military Support Base (BMIS) “Amedeo Guillet”, concomitantly to the call in the port of […]

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In detail

30 July 2019

Farnesina and UNICEF to support minors in Eritrea

“Building the resilience of children, youths and communities to prevent irregular migration” is the title of the UNICEF project worth almost one million euros that the Foreign Ministry financed through its Africa Fund. This project aims to improve the living conditions and enhance the level of education of Eritreans, especially minors, by offering more primary […]

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In detail

30 July 2019

The Foreign Ministry supports women and young migrants in Niger and Nigeria

The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 2.5-million-euro financing to UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, through the Africa Fund. UN Women’s projects will be carried out in Niger (for 1.5 million euros), through a targeted project to support women and young farmers in the Zinder […]

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In detail

30 July 2019

Farnesina-OIM Cooperation in favour of migrants in Tunisia

The Foreign Ministry financed a three-million-euro project through the Africa Fund to provide assistance to migrants in Tunisia, to be implemented through the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The project is subdivided into three sections: the first concerns maintaining and expanding the dwelling solutions available to migrants from Libya, especially in the south of the […]

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