Africa

Press Releases

26 August 2023

Telephone conversation between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf

On 25 August, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, had a friendly telephone conversation with Algeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf. The conversation focused on the delicate situation in Niger, which also sees Algiers at the forefront of regional mediation efforts. Tajani reaffirmed […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 August 2023

Geronimo Stilton, “A Thousand Wonders” from Italy in Swahili

The Italian Cultural Institute in Nairobi is promoting the first Swahili-language edition of a book starring Geronimo Stilton, the famous mouse journalist born from an idea of Elisabetta Dami and star of numerous publications for children translated into more than 50 languages. The book in question is A Thousand Wonders. A Journey to Discover Italy, […]

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Press Releases

22 August 2023

Participation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, to the Rimini Meeting (23 August 2023)

Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will attend the Rimini Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 23 August. The Deputy Prime Minister will speak at the event “Our Common Challenges with Africa”, moderated by Giampaolo Silvestri, Secretary General of AVSI, one of the leading Italian NGOs in the field of international […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2023

Fornitura di aiuti umanitari della Cooperazione Italiana in Somalia

In risposta all’emergenza umanitaria causata dagli scontri intorno alla città di Las Anood, su disposizione del Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Edmondo Cirielli, un volo umanitario con un carico di circa 18 tonnellate di medicinali, kit sanitari e tende della Cooperazione Italiana è atterrato sabato mattina a Mogadiscio (Somalia). Il carico […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 July 2023

Abuja, “Colors of noble cultures” by Luigi Ballarin

An exhibition entitled “Colors of noble cultures” by Italian artist Luigi Ballarin was organised in Abuja by the Italian Embassy to Nigeria. The event, inaugurated by Italian Ambassador Stefano De Leo and attended by representatives of the diplomatic, institutional and cultural world of Abuja, represented an opportunity to support Rome’s candidacy for EXPO 2030. The […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 July 2023

Italy-Senegal, scientific cooperation on plant biology

The Italian Embassy in Dakar has organised a series of seminars and events on plant biology to promote bilateral scientific cooperation. Two experts from the University of Florence’s Department of Plant Biology have taken part in the initiative: Prof. Renato Fani, whose studies focus on the genetics and ecology of bacteria, and Giulia Semenzato from […]

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In detail

14 July 2023

Voices from the Farnesina – Avamposti (Outposts). Italy in frontier places: Ghana

Italy has 129 embassies in the world, many of which represent our country in geographically distant, little-known contexts. Avamposti, the new podcast series produced in collaboration with the AGI news agency, has selected some of them to describe their different facets and also analyse them in the light of their relations with the Italian culture. […]

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Press Releases

4 July 2023

Second meeting between Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and the Ambassadors of African countries

The second meeting between the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Ambassadors of African countries accredited to the Quirinale will be held at the Farnesina on Tuesday 4 July. The meeting will be attended by the Italian Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco […]

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Press Releases

23 June 2023

Meeting of the Italian Undersecretary Tripodi with the UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel

Today, Maria Tripodi, the Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met the UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel, Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, at the Farnesina. The discussions revolved around the UN action within the framework of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) and the role played by […]

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Diplomatic Network

13 June 2023

Apulian band Kalascima’s tour in Tanzania

Within the framework of the Italian Festival “Tusherekee Italia”, the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam collaborated with Qatar Airways and Shambaland to organise a tour in Tanzania for Kalascima, an Italian traditional music group from Apulia, from 2 to 10 June. Kalascima, a band that boasts important international collaborations, including one with Patti Smith, […]

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Press Releases

5 June 2023

Meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and a ministerial delegation from Kenya led by Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Mutua

Today in Rome, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met with a ministerial delegation from Kenya, led by Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Mutua and including Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Wahome, Principal Secretary, National Treasury Kiptoo and Principal Secretary, […]

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Press Releases

28 May 2023

Foreign Ministry’s Note

The Italian Ambassador to Sudan, Michele Tommasi, together with some collaborators and two Carabinieri’s units, has landed this morning in Addis Ababa, where the Italian Embassy in Khartoum will be temporarily re-established at our Diplomatic Mission in Ethiopia. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, said: “Although our […]

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