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Diplomatic Network
13 November 2019
Del Re at the International Conference on Population and Development

Today, in Nairobi, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the opening of the Summit to celebrate for the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. The Italian delegation also included representatives of the civil society, universities and local administrations. […]

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Press Releases
13 November 2019
Del Re at the International Conference on Population and Development

Today, in Nairobi, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the opening of the Summit to celebrate for the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. The Italian delegation also included representatives of the civil society, universities and local administrations. […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 November 2019
Italian Cuisine Week: ‘Pizza for Peace’ in Niger

The Italian Embassy in Niamey opened the Italian Cuisine Week in Niger with the “Pizza for Peace” project. Antonio Cera’s “Fornosammarco”, a point of excellence of the Apulia Region, organised a course for the making of bread and pizza dough for a group of refugee women hosted at the UNHCR centre and Nigerien women beneficiaries of […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 October 2019
Ivory Coast: pianist Silvia Belfiore in concert

As part of the ‘Italy, Cultures, Africa’ initiative and of the 19th edition of the Italian Language Week, a concert by pianist Silvia Belfiore was organised in Abidjan by the Italian Embassy. The performance of music pieces was interspersed with the reading of texts by Italian and African authors to highlight the synergies between Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
31 October 2019
Kenya chooses ‘Fragments of Nature’ to celebrate Italy’s Contemporary Art Day

The project entitled  ‘Fragments of nature’ marked the 15th edition of the Italian  Contemporary Art Day in Kenya. Promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi, the project enjoyed the participation of Italian and Kenyan conceptual and street artists. The show opened both in Nairobi and in Malindi. In Nairobi, the display featured four works […]

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Press Releases
28 October 2019
The Farnesina protects the more vulnerable social groups: funds for € 3 million to Chad and Tunisia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has earmarked 2 million euros from its Africa Fund in favor of the World Food Program (WFP) in Chad, to support the economic self-sufficiency of about 30,000 Sudanese refugees, creating local job opportunities in the agricultural sector that constitute alternatives to migration. A further contribution of € 1 million from the […]

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Press Releases
17 October 2019
From Ethiopia the remains of fellow Italians

The bodies of our compatriots who died in Ethiopia on 10 March in the ET 302 Ethiopian Airlines crash shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa have been returned to Italy. The return operations were coordinated by the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Embassy in Addis […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 October 2019
Italy donates 10 ambulances to the Niger Government

Italy donated 10 ambulances and 3 water tankers to the Government of Niger to enable the authorities to provide assistance to migrants and tackle human trafficking. The donation was made possible through Fund for Africa resources and carried out by the Italian Ministry of Defence who owned the vehicles. The handover ceremony was held in […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 October 2019
Uganda: CONI and IOC join forces for the #Score Together Project

Support is growing for the #Score Together Project promoting sport as an instrument of inclusion launched in Uganda by the Italian Embassy in Kampala together with the Trento-based NGO, ACV, thanks to the cooperation with the Office of the Ugandan Prime Minister, the Ugandan Olympic Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Sampdoria […]

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Diplomatic Network
11 October 2019
Addis Ababa hosts Maison Gattinoni for fashion week

The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa and the Maison Gattinoni Couture organised a tableau vivant of the Spring/Summer 2020 collection and a historical fashion exhibition dedicated to the “Hollywood divas on the Tiber” to celebrate the fashion week in Ethiopia. This event, which is fast becoming the main fashion event in Ethiopia and East Africa […]

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