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12 August 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Kenya: Marangoni (tyre retreading) joins the market

A new plant for the retreading of tyres for earthmoving equipment near the Nairobi industrial area opened recently. Local investor AutoXpress, the most important Kenyan business in the tyre sector, has imported the entire retreading system from the Italian Marangoni company (checking systems, buffers, packagers and autoclaves), and the plant employs more than 40 persons. […]

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8 August 2014
Italy-South Africa – Growing Science and Technology Cooperation

Italy is strengthening cooperation with South Africa through a 2014-16 executive science and technology programme signed during the 5th meeting of the Joint Italy-South Africa Commission in Pretoria. The Italian delegation was led by Italian ambassador to Pretoria Vincenzo Schioppa, while South Africa’s was led by Director General for the International resources of the Department […]

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6 August 2014
Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 6 August: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Kenya: leaders meet on corridor towards Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta chaired a meeting in Nairobi with his counterparts from Uganda, Ethiopia and South Sudan to discuss the financing of and next steps in the Lamu Port, Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project. The project is intended to connect Kenya’s port […]

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6 August 2014
Expo 2015 .- La Nigeria firma contratto di partecipazione (in translation)

Ci sarà anche la Nigeria all’Esposizione universale di Milano del 2015. E lo farà in grande stile. Il paese africano, che nei giorni scorsi ha firmato il contratto di partecipazione all’evento, ha optato per il lotto più grande disponibile (il dodicesimo per estensione dell’area espositiva). La firma, ottenuta anche grazie alla costante attività di sensibilizzazione […]

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5 August 2014
Ebola epidemic. Foreign Ministry following the phenomenon, responds to WHO appeal to donors with 200,000 euros for Guinea

The Italian Foreign Ministry is carefully monitoring the Ebola virus epidemic on the African continent, and has responsed to the World Health Organization’s appeal to donors with a contribution of 200,000 euros for Guinea. With the worsening of the situation on a regional scale, further Italian interventions in coordination with the WHO and the other […]

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31 July 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – South Africa: TerniEnergia signs 2 solar panel installation contracts

TerniEnergia signed two contracts for the construction of industrial-size solar panel installations with a combined power potential of 148.5 MWP (Megawatt-Piek). The contracts call for TerniEnergia Projects, under the control of TerniEnergia South Africa, to build the installations through “EPC contracts”, i.e. turn-key operations, for an overall value of 147 million euro. (Il Sole 24 […]

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28 July 2014
Maputo – Embassy of Italy offers literary aperitifs

The Embassy of Italy in Maputo Mozambique has begun a cycle of literary aperitifs in collaboration with the Dante Alighieri Society. They are dedicated to poetry, and recently offered an opportunity to announce the local winners of the “Nosside” prize who won honourable mention for their verse in either Portuguese or the local language, in […]

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28 July 2014
Italy-Sudan – Healthcare collaboration guidelines

Italian ambassador to Khartoum Armando Barucco joined Sudanese Minister for Health Bahar Idriss Abu Garda in signing the Country Health Compact on collaboration between that ministry and international partners on healthcare sector development. The document’s main points include compliance with the healthcare guidelines – most specifically those of the National Strategic Plan –, Sudanese actors’ […]

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Interviews
25 July 2014
Pistelli: «Lieto fine a colpi di dialogo» (Avvenire)

Pistelli: «È stato decisivo l`aver trattato il Sudan da pari a pari» L`incontro con Francesco: «Al solo preannuncio si è illuminata» di Luca Liverani “Non devo certo essere io a descrivere il carattere umano straordinario di papa Francesco e il contatto che riesce subito a instaurare. E l`incontro di Meriam è stato bello, molto intenso. […]

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25 July 2014
Pistelli: «Lieto fine a colpi di dialogo» (Avvenire)

Pistelli: «È stato decisivo l`aver trattato il Sudan da pari a pari» L`incontro con Francesco: «Al solo preannuncio si è illuminata» di Luca Liverani “Non devo certo essere io a descrivere il carattere umano straordinario di papa Francesco e il contatto che riesce subito a instaurare. E l`incontro di Meriam è stato bello, molto intenso. […]

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24 July 2014
South Sudan: €1 million in Italian Cooperation to UNICEF for healthcare and nutrition aid

The MFA’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation approved an emergency contribution of one million euro to UNICEF for healthcare and nutritional assistance on behalf of the communities struck by the serious humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, with special attention to women and children. The contribution follows upon Italy’s pledge during the South Sudan Donors Conference […]

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