Africa

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5 September 2014

Mozambique signs peace agreement with RENAMO and thanks Italy for its mediation

The President of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza, and the leader of the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO), Afonso Dhlakama, met today in Maputo to sign the political agreement that will bring an end to hostilities. The agreement sets the seal on the understanding reached in late August. It marks the start of a new political process that […]

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5 September 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Kenya: “East Afripack 2014” (in translation)

“East Afripack 2014”, a fair for the packaging and processing sector, will take place in Nairobi, in Kenya, from 9 to 12 September 2014. The event is being organised by Italian company Ipack Ima S.p.A., a leading company in the international trade events sector, in collaboration with the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the […]

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5 September 2014

Khartoum – Italian donation will enable WFP to help 20,000 people

From Rome to Khartoum flying the flag of solidarity. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a donation of 950,000 dollars from the Italian Government that will enable the organisation to provide more help to over 20,000 vulnerable people in the Kassala and Red Sea states, in eastern Sudan. “We are very grateful […]

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3 September 2014

Ethiopia – A country of opportunities: Italian business mission visits Addis Ababa

An Italian business mission has visited Ethiopia for meetings with the country’s political authorities to discuss the opportunities provided by the local market and the revitalisation of Italian-Ethiopian economic relations. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Mistretta, the delegation was received by the Premier, Hailemariam Dessalegn; the Deputy Premier with delegated Authority for the Economy, […]

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1 September 2014

DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Mozambique. Latest oil and gas developments

A new law for the oil and gas sector in Mozambique has recently been approved. The new law reviews the rights allocation arrangements, strengthens the legal framework, and protects national interests and the government’s powers, while safeguarding existing concession contracts. Provisions have been introduced to foster greater transparency, such as an obligation to publish the […]

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Press Releases

29 August 2014

Ebola: Farnesina earmarks another 1.5m euro for emergency

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has outlined an approximately 1.5 million euro emergency intervention programme to fight the Ebola epidemic affecting some Western African countries. The Italian Cooperation has earmarked 240,000 euro for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to send doctors, medical supplies and equipment, and boost epidemiological surveillance and provide logistical […]

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27 August 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Mozambique: “Italian Alliance for Ports”

Mozambique: “Italian Alliance for Ports”In coincidence with the Maputo International Trade Fair currently under way – and to which the nearly one hundred Italian firms participating were accompanied by Deputy Minister for Economic Development Calenda – the foreign ministry sponsored the launch of a work group mission to Mozambique, made up of representatives of companies […]

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26 August 2014

Maputo – FACIM gets under way, Italy top exhibitor

The 50th edition of the multi-sector FACIM international trade fair is under way in Maputo, Mozambique. More than 90 Italian exhibitors firms make Italy the country with the broadest representation, organisers of which include ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all’estero e l’internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane (for the promotion abroad and internationalisation of Italian businesses), which have […]

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26 August 2014

Mozambico: Pistelli, bene accordo a Maputo tra Governo mozambicano e Renamo

L’Italia accoglie con molta soddisfazione l’accordo raggiunto a Maputo il 24 agosto tra il Governo mozambicano e Renamo per porre fine alle tensioni politico-militari, cessare le ostilità e ricostituire le condizioni di pace e stabilità nel Paese. “Si tratta – ha dichiarato il Vice Ministro degli Esteri Lapo Pistelli- di un successo di tutto il […]

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26 August 2014

Mozambico: Pistelli, bene accordo a Maputo tra Governo mozambicano e Renamo

Italy welcomed the news of the 24 August signing in Maputo of an accord between the Mozambican government and Renamo aimed at ending political and military tensions, halting the hostilities and reinstating conditions for peace and stability. “This is a victory”, declared Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, “for all Mozambicans, and a major step toward […]

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22 August 2014

Italy–Cameroon – Ambassador meets civil engineering students

The Italian Ambassador in Cameroon, Samuela Isopi, recently visited the National Advanced School of Public Works (NASPW) in Yaoundé. The School is engaged in a joint training programme with the University of Padua’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Since 2010, the NASPW and the University have jointly provided training for 580 young Cameroonians, […]

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19 August 2014

6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo

“La Grande Bellezza” is the film selected to open the 6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo this evening, 19 August 2014, at the city’s Teatro Avenida. The Festival, which runs until 23 August, is being organised with the collaboration of “Il Sorpasso”, an Italian arts organisation in Lisbon, with support from private sponsors. In coming […]

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