Africa

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16 May 2019

”Mirrors” dance and music production on tour in Africa

Dance, music and video art combine to create “Mirrors”, a show produced by GRIOTmag and LIT, a cultural association, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The show, to be presented in a preview at 7 p.m. on 21 May at the Teatro Centrale Preneste in Rome, will soon go on […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 May 2019

Italian Carabinieri train police units in Uganda and Rwanda

Italian Carabinieri continue the training of  police units in Rwanda and Uganda within the framework of the cooperation programme between the Italian Embassy in Kampala, the Police Corps of both countries and the General Command of the Carabinieri. The training programme focuses on forensic activities and on the management of public order in compliance with international […]

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Press Releases

8 May 2019

Today ​Deputy Minister Del Re inaugurated MACFRUIT 2019 at the Rimini Expo Center

This morning at the Rimini Expo Center, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, inaugurated the International Fair of the fruit and vegetable supply chain, MACFRUT 2019,  dedicated this year to the African continent and where 200 African economic delegations from 15 different Countries have put their products on display. […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2019

Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re visits Burkina Faso

During her visit to Burkina Faso last 4 and 5 May, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, was received by President Roch Kaboré to discuss Italy-Burkina Faso bilateral relations and Italy’s commitment to the Country. “Security, development cooperation, the environment, and economic cooperation are our main areas of interest,” […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2019

Protocollo Tecnico per l’apertura di corridoi umanitari

Si è tenuta venerdì 3 maggio al Palazzo del Viminale la cerimonia di firma di un nuovo Protocollo tecnico di validità biennale 2019-2020 per l’apertura di corridoi umanitari. Il Protocollo, che rinnova quello concluso nel gennaio 2017, ne estende l’applicazione, oltre che all’Etiopia, anche alla Giordania e al Niger. Nel quadro delle attività promosse per […]

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Press Releases

6 May 2019

Technical Protocol on opening humanitarian corridors

On Friday, 3 May, the Ministry of the Interior (in Palazzo del Viminale) hosted the signing ceremony of the new two-year Technical Protocol on Opening Humanitarian Corridors 2019-2020. The Protocol renews the one signed in January 2017, extending its application to Jordan and Niger in addition to Ethiopia. Within the framework of the activities promoted […]

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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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