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Press Releases
24 June 2019
Visita della Vice Ministra Del Re in Tigray

La Vice Ministra degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Emanuela Del Re, ha svolto una visita in Tigray per recarsi al sito archeologico di Axum. La missione è stata molto apprezzata dal Primo Ministro etiopico, Abiy Ahmed Ali, che pochi giorni prima si era recato egli stesso ad Axum, e dalle Autorità del Tigray. […]

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Press Releases
24 June 2019
Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re visits Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, travelled to Tigray to visit the archaeological site of Axum. Her visit was greatly appreciated by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, who visited Axum only a few days earlier, as well as by the Authorities of the Tigray Region. The […]

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Press Releases
24 June 2019
Humanitarian flight to Sudan from the Italian Cooperation service

Following the instructions of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, this morning a humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation service took off for Khartoum from the United Nations humanitarian response depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi carrying approximately 10 tons of medicines and medical and sanitary kits. The operation responds to […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 June 2019
Passage in Eritrea and Ethiopia displayed in Rome, Addis Ababa and Asmara

The Macro Museum of Rome – concomitantly with the cities of Addis Ababa and Asmara – will host the storyboard of the 40-day trip across Ethiopia and Eritrea by photographer and journalist Antonio Politano, organised with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Embassies in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 June 2019
Conference of Rectors of African Universities

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, opened the “Conference of Rectors of African Universities” hosted at the Farnesina with a greeting addressed to the heads of higher education and research institutions of 19 African Countries before their departure to Teramo to attend the “Gran Sasso […]

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Press Releases
19 June 2019
​The Foreign Ministry finances 3 IOM projects from the Africa Fund

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), drawing upon the resources of the Africa Fund, has arranged for a 5-million-euro financing to support the activities of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia. The Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies, Luigi Maria Vignali, said: “Managing […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 June 2019
Dakar: The Farnesina art collection on display until 13 July

A selection of 12 works from the contemporary art collection permanently on display at the Farnesina is currently being exhibited at the Musée des Civilizations Noires in Dakar. The Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar are offering the Senegalese public a perspective of the Italian art scene which is varied in style and […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 June 2019
Meeting in Jazz: encounters between Italian and African jazz talents

On Saturday, 15 June at 9 p.m., the African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa, will host a performance by Stefano Carbonelli and Andrea Di Biase with the famous Kain Lab Ethiopian band. The concert scheduled in Addis Ababa on Saturday, 15 June 2019, kicks off the new “Meeting in Jazz” art project organised by the […]

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Press Releases
28 May 2019
The Italian Cooperation service dispatches humanitarian flight to Niger

Meeting the request put forward by the Authorities of Niger to enable them to tackle the Country’s persisting health emergency, which has further worsened following the local outburst of violence, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, in association with the Italian Air Force, has arranged for a new humanitarian […]

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Events
23 May 2019
Deputy Minister Del Re opens the ‘2019 Africa Day’ celebrations at the Farnesina

The “2019 Africa Day” took place at the Farnesina with the participation of major African diplomatic representatives, to celebrate the establishment of the African Union and strengthen relations between Italy and Africa. “African countries must still look upon Italy as a motivated and attentive partner, committed to favouring a consolidated and productive interaction, seizing all […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 May 2019
Goldoni and Zambian traditional masks meet in Lusaka

The ‘Traveling Masks’ is a project  the Piccolo Teatro di Milano developed in Lusaka with a view to having the Italian Commedia dell’Arte meet Zambia’s theatrical tradition. The event is part of ‘Italy, Cultures, Africa’, an integrated promotional programme developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  and International Cooperation for 2019. The five-day event included […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 May 2019
Sports and inclusion promoted by Sampdoria in Uganda

Over 140 Ugandan youngsters  between 13 and 16 years of age, belonging to refugee or local communities, were involved in an inclusive  football event promoted by the Italian Embassy in Kampala and by the Italian Sampdoria Football Club. Sports management and education courses were held in Aura for three days, along with training sessions and […]

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