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Africa

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4 August 2016
Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire – Two stops on the Foreign Minister’s African mission. Gentiloni: “Committed to guaranteeing security and coordinating efforts in Italy and in Africa”

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is on a mission to Nigeria and to Cote d’Ivoire, two countries with great potential and which also generate major migration flows. Italy intends to handle migration in accordance with the Migration Compact, a new approach promoted by Italy at EU level, and in its capacity as the next member of the […]

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21 July 2016
​Italian Economic Diplomacy – July 21: latest news from around the world

South Africa: Italian technology supports 1st  Biofuel Flight by South African Airways   South African Airways has run its first flight over Africa powered with 50% biofuel between Johannesburg and Cape Town. The fuel comes from the “Solaris” tobacco seed and was developed and patented by Italian company Sunchem Holding.In 2007 Sunchem, which specialises in research and development […]

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21 July 2016
Sudan – Italy to help Shidiab population

Italian Cooperation donated 100 tons of cement to Sudan to rebuild the village of Shidiab in the Red Sea state, as well as 3,000 agricultural tools to the state’s Ministry of Agriculture. The measure was part of a cooperative effort between the Emergency Aid Programme and the Poverty Alleviation Project. Shidiab was hit by a […]

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20 July 2016
Maputo – Companies from Emilia-Romagna in Mozambique and South Africa

Oil&gas, construction firms, facility management and agro-food businesses from Emilia-Romagna are ready to do business in  Africa. A business mission, coordinated by Legacoop Emilia-Romagna in cooperation with the Region, is visiting Mozambique and South Africa. The mission which will end on 23 July is part of an integrated internationalization programme that Emilia-Romagna has promoted within […]

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Press Releases
15 July 2016
Crisis Management Unit evacuates 12 young Italians from Tonj

The Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Management Unit, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Nairobi, has evacuated from Tonj 12 young Italians, including three minors, engaged in a development aid project South Sudan. The 12 youths were flown this morning from Tonj to Juba, from where they travelled on to Nairobi on another flight organized by the […]

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Press Releases
13 July 2016
South Sudan: Italian and EU citizens repatriated from Juba​

This morning an airplane of the Italian Air Force took off from the capital of South Sudan with on board 30 Italian citizens who have decided to leave Juba following the recent events. The Italians will be accommodated in Italy’s military base in Djibouti and subsequently follow on to their final destinations. On board of […]

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8 July 2016
At the Farnesina, dialogue on migration issues

Second meeting today at the Farnesina of the informal working group on the Khartoum Process Set up as an initiative of Italy’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Khartoum Process is an institutionalized EU forum for political dialogue on migration with the origin and transit Countries in the Horn of Africa and […]

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6 July 2016
The Project – RomAfrica Film Festival, 4 days of cinematographic partnership

Four days will be dedicated to the cinematographic partnership between Rome and Africa: the ‘Casa del Cinema di Villa Borghese’ in Rome will host the second edition of the RomaAfrica Film Festival from 13 to 16 June, also thanks to the sponsorship of the Italy-Africa Initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, […]

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Press Releases
4 July 2016
El Niño Emergency: Italy earmarks 1 million euros for Somalia​

Heeding the appeal launched by the World Food Program (WFP) for the drought emergency in Somalia caused by the El Niño phenomenon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has earmarked an emergency contribution of one million euros to support the WFP’s food aid programs in the Country. Italy’s contribution will enable activities consisting both of […]

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24 June 2016
Business Networks

Cooperation for growth is the topic of debate at the Farnesina today. The meeting aims to inform Rome’s diplomatic community and sectorial experts on the “business network” system and how to use it to advantage. “Cooperation for growth: the business network model and its impact on economic development” is the title of the event organised […]

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17 June 2016
Asmara – Italian-led archaeological research team on the footsteps of Homo Erectus in Eritrea

The “Eritrean-Italian Danakil Expedition”, an international research team coordinated by the University La Sapienza of Rome, has discovered a number of surface fossil footprints, including what appear to be the footprints of ancient humans of around 800,000 years ago. The research, coordinated by paleoanthropologist Alfredo Coppa from La Sapienza University, was made possible thanks to […]

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