Africa

Press Releases

3 May 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re visits Mali

Today ends the two-day visit to Mali of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re. The Deputy Minister met extensively with Mali’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Boubou Cissè, who was appointed on 22 April. This was his first international engagement as he is working on forming his government. “My presence here […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 May 2019

A Mural portrays the friendship between Italy and Senegal

The curtain wall of the Italian Embassy in Dakar serves as a canvas where the friendship between Italy and Senegal is visually represented. Italian graffiti artist Marcello Roveda, aka Mars – who already took part in last year’s Dakar art biennial exhibition and in Senegal’s Festigraff  graffiti festival – is working with Docta, one of […]

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Press Releases

3 May 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re Visits Niger

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re Visits Niger (28 April-1 May) The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, had a busy schedule during her visit to Niger. She met with the country’s highest authorities to discuss several issues including cooperation, migration, regional security and the Libyan crisis. Del Re had meetings […]

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Press Releases

26 April 2019

Italian Cooperation Service sends humanitarian flight to Niger

Following the recent fighting in the Diffa region of Niger and in light of the requests for assistance for the displaced population made by the authorities in Niger, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela del Re, in cooperation with the Italian Air Force, has ordered a humanitarian flight to provide humanitarian […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 April 2019

Travelling across Eritrea and Ethiopia

A project entitled “Passaggio in Eritrea ed Etiopia” ( Passage to Ethiopia and Eritrea) offers a  journey across Ethiopia and Eritrea, recounting two countries that after years of war finally started a reconciliation process, which led to the signing of a historic peace deal. The project, curated by Antonio Politano, photographer and journalist, along with […]

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Press Releases

17 April 2019

The Foreign MInistry protects refugees with a 5-million-euro provision to the UNHCR

The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 5-million-euro provision to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from its Africa Fund to finance assistance services for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia and to support Tunisian Authorities in their efforts to give shelter to the refugees present in Tunisia. The project to be implemented in […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 April 2019

Kampala hosts the presentation of ‘Call me Giuseppe, a book on Father Ambrosoli

The Italian Embassy in Kampala, in Uganda hosted the presentation of a book dedicated to Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli and entitled ‘Call me Giuseppe’ . The book, which was published with the support of the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tells the story of the Italian doctor and missionary who dedicated his life to Uganda where he […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 April 2019

“Leonardo Opera Omnia” in Addis Abeba

The “Leonardo Opera Omnia” exhibition will be on show at the Ethnographic Museum in Addis Abeba until 12 April. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and Rai Com, it displays 17 perfect extremely high-definition reproductions of the entire pictorial corpus of the Renaissance genius.   The […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 April 2019

Dakar: the story of Antigone and the African theatre

The experiences and influences of avant-garde theatre have been combined with African traditional theatre in a theatrical piece dedicated to the story of Antigone and staged at the Italian embassy in Dakar in collaboration with the new Italian Cultural Institute. “Antigone An African story”, by Jean Anouilh, directed and set design by Massimo Luconi, has […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 March 2019

The ‘Italian Opera Embraces Africa’ lands in Pretoria

​Pretoria hosts the exhibition entitled “Italian Opera Embraces Africa”, which showcases original sketches and costumes from the historical archives of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, including works by Visconti, Zeffirelli and De Chirico. The event, which opened today at the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria featuring a performance by the Tshwane University opera […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 March 2019

Kampala: Italy organises a fashion show of Ugandan designers

To celebrate the Italian Design Day in the World, the Italian Embassy in Kampala, in cooperation with the CAIU (Cultural Association of Italians in Uganda), organised the third edition of the Italy-Uganda ‘(R)Evolution Fashion Show’ at Kampala’s Sheraton Hotel. The event showcased the creations of twenty young Ugandan fashion designers – selected by an independent […]

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Press Releases

20 March 2019

The Italian Cooperation service takes action in Mozambique

Following the devastation provoked by the passing of tropical cyclone “Idai” in Mozambique, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, committed a humanitarian aid package for the populations affected. A humanitarian flight was authorised to take off from the UN Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi in the next few days […]

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